Re: drying time btwn epoxy layers
By:Pete Rudie
Date: 6/1/1999, 12:49 am
Date: 6/1/1999, 12:49 am
In Response To: Re: drying time btwn epoxy layers (AL BRATTON)
That's fine if you're working in a warm and dry area. But if it's wet and cold, you may not be able to distinguish incipient blush from tacky epoxy, and thereby incorporate it into the matrix. It makes a dandy bond-breaker.
> Actually, most epoxies are done best if coated with the additional coats
> before they are completly hard, more like thick, but still tacky. this
> allows them to bond cemically, and avoids the blush problem altogether. We
> wait a couple of hours, after applying the glass, to apply the second coat
> and then a couple of more hours and on goes the next. Then let it set
> until cured, sand it all smooth and do a final coat. AL
Messages In This Thread
- drying time btwn epoxy layers
Steph -- 5/30/1999, 2:51 pm- Re: drying time btwn epoxy layers
Pete Rudie -- 5/30/1999, 3:40 pm- Re: drying time btwn epoxy layers
AL BRATTON -- 5/31/1999, 9:41 pm- Re: drying time btwn epoxy layers
Mike Scarborough -- 6/1/1999, 8:27 am- Re: drying time btwn epoxy layers
Pete Rudie -- 6/1/1999, 12:49 am- Re: drying time btwn epoxy layers
Steph -- 6/1/1999, 8:28 pm- Re: drying time btwn epoxy layers
AL BRATTON -- 6/1/1999, 6:52 am - Re: drying time btwn epoxy layers
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