As a preface, I'll say that I have absolutely no experience with resin, epoxy, or anything of the sort. I got the brilliant idea this year to make coasters for Christmas gifts for people. This seemed the simplest solution for a coaster material (within the bounds of what I was trying to make -- see picture). After reading reviews and researching, I ordered this set.The Good:- This kit comes with pretty much everything that you'll need for your resin-pouring adventure. The only "missing" item was rubber gloves, which I used to avoid too much of a mess. Everything else, this kit has. Included: 1 part resin (16 oz.), 1 part hardener (16 oz.), 2 mixing/measuring cups with mL measurements, 5 popsicle sticks for mixing, 1 yellow scraper/spatula.- I truly appreciated the "working time" before the resin fully set that allowed me to mix and get out several pours (I had a mold that made 3 coasters at a time) before the mixture started to really cure.- As mentioned somewhere on this Amazon listing, the mixture gave me about an hour to 90 minutes of work time before it really began setting in place, 24 hours before the coasters were solid enough to pop out of the mold, and I gave it 2-3 days before packing up and shipping them as gifts across the country. It may have been able to fly after those first 24 hours, but I didn't want to risk it.Things to Consider:- I hesitate to call this bad, but here goes: I wanted to be able to use the measuring cup again for future pours, so I made sure to wash it out in my kitchen sink after I had finished pouring the resin into the molds. It required A LOT of dish soap to cut through and really *wash* the cup clean of the resin residue. In my inexperience (because trust me, this will not happen again), I was washing the cup over a pot and lid that I had soaking in my sink, which led to resin splashing on the pot and lid -- I now have clear (but visible) resin splatter on the pot lid from where the resin was running out as I was washing it. Stupid on my part, but I know better now.- As you can see from my picture, I was making my coaster with floated Perler Beads in the "center." This ended up being waaaaay harder than I'd expected for a couple of reasons.1) The Perler beads kept floating up to the top of the resin. I spent the first 90 minutes of cure time pushing them back down and centering them in the mold with a toothpick. In the end, they still floated to the top (as I gave up and went to bed after the first 90 minutes or so), but the bead openings remained flooded with resin, which will prevent liquid accumulation in them during use (which was my main concern).2) Pushing the Perler beads down in the resin mixture resulted in a bit of a concave shape to the top of the coasters. This will work fine for the coasters and won't really affect putting a drink on them, but the edge was a bit sharp, and I ended up needing to file it down with sandpaper.- Between using a blowdryer and a toothpick, I was able to chase away the majority of the bubbles that formed in my molds from the pours. I was, unfortunately, creating more bubbles as I continued to push the Perler beads further down into the mold, but the blowdryer and the toothpick were able to get rid of most of them. (The listing for this item calls for a heat gun, but I didn't have one, so the blowdryer was my next best option.)All in all, this was an excellent purchase that ended up working very well for a beginner like myself. In the event that you're looking to get into resin casting, this is a great starter kit!