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Re: "Unkicked" epoxy makes me want to kick somethi
By:BruceK
Date: 9/27/2000, 6:49 pm
In Response To: Re: "Unkicked" epoxy makes me want to kick somethi (Ronnie Earhart)

My first suspicion is that the mixture ratio is off. Early in my building process I had to throw out two batches of epoxy when my pumps 'burped'. Better to start over than to have to remove wet (uncured) resin. I gave up on the metered pumps, and went out and purchased medicine dosing cups in quantity. These cups are inexpensive, and available in 1 ounce and 6 ounce sizes. They make keeping the proper mix ratio quite simple. In addition, you can mix up a very small quantity of epoxy for small jobs, like a single panel joint or a coaming reinforcement. Saves on the resin in the long run, and the cost of the mixing cups is alot less than a quart of epoxy.

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"Unkicked" epoxy makes me want to kick something..
Charlie Lesh -- 9/27/2000, 2:07 pm
Re: "Unkicked" epoxy makes me want to kick somethi
Greg -- 10/3/2000, 6:50 am
Re: "Unkicked" epoxy makes me want to kick somethi
Tapio Manner -- 9/28/2000, 11:10 am
Re: "Unkicked" epoxy makes me want to kick somethi
Jim -- 9/28/2000, 12:49 pm
Re: 5 out of 4 people...
Charlie Lesh -- 9/28/2000, 1:07 pm
we laugh because we've done that ourselves *NM*
Tony -- 9/28/2000, 7:50 pm
Re: 5 out of 4 people...
Tapio Manner -- 9/28/2000, 3:35 pm
Re: I'm sorry, but ...
Ross Leidy -- 9/28/2000, 2:44 pm
Re: 5 out of 4 people...
Bill Price -- 9/28/2000, 1:30 pm
Re: "Unkicked" epoxy makes me want to kick somethi
Ronnie Earhart -- 9/27/2000, 4:01 pm
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BruceK -- 9/27/2000, 6:49 pm
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Smiley Shields -- 9/27/2000, 8:48 pm
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Edgar Kleindinst -- 9/27/2000, 2:38 pm
Re: "Unkicked" epoxy makes me want to kick somethi
Tony -- 9/27/2000, 2:37 pm