Hi Paul,

If your working temperature stays at a constant 10 Celsius you can remove the clamps after 24 hours. (As long as your using the fast hardener.)

The epoxy reaches a 90% cure after 24 hours, and a full 100% over the next few days.

Jason

> Hi, I just finished joining a set of scarfs with East Systems epoxy
> hardened with fist cold weather hardener. The joints are clamped and
> curing now. The total cure time is 7 days according to the label. Do I
> have to keep them clamped for that whole time or can I take the clamps off
> before that time. What is the earliest that they can come off. I am in
> Toronto and the temperature is 10celcius (I think it's 40 farenheit)

> Thanks,

> Paul