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Re: MAS Epoxies Queation
By:rick
Date: 1/5/1999, 11:00 am
In Response To: MAS Epoxies Queation (Peter A Sarnosky)

Hey Pete ! I certainly agree with Nick, though I don't know if this is your first time using epoxy or not. The first time I used the stuff I was quite surprised at how FAST the stuff seemed to set up (thicken)for me. Though it took about 15 min it sure seemed faster. The next time I used the slow set @ about 65 deg. and liked it ALOT better . I had way longer to fudge with it, the downside being like Nick said it did take about 30 hrs to dry.As I got better at using the epoxy I found I needed less time to apply it. The way I look at it is , I would rather have extra working time and not have to rush things, than to have a lumpy mess that needed to be fixed up later...its up to you either way will work its just a matter of how fast you want to apply the next layer.

Good Luck with your Yak !!

Rick

Messages In This Thread

MAS Epoxies Queation
Peter A Sarnosky -- 1/5/1999, 9:36 am
Incomplete post responses re : epoxy
rick -- 1/9/1999, 1:17 pm
Re: MAS Epoxies Queation
Robert Woodard -- 1/5/1999, 5:39 pm
Re: MAS Epoxies Queation
Frank -- 1/5/1999, 1:58 pm
Re: MAS Epoxies Queation
rick -- 1/5/1999, 11:00 am
Re: MAS Epoxies Queation
Nick Schade -- 1/5/1999, 9:53 am
Re: MAS Epoxies Queation
Ross Leidy -- 1/5/1999, 10:48 am