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Re: HELP: Bubbles in epoxy
By:John Monfoe
Date: 12/2/2000, 4:40 am
In Response To: Re: HELP: Bubbles in epoxy (Severne Johnson)

: I tried the hair dryer after the bubbles had formed based on System 3's
: recommended way to get rid of bubbles. I am not moving the sample around
: or putting it under a heat lamp. The bubbles come up during the initial
: application. More may come up later but I will have to try a sample and
: look for the.

I use to make epoxy tooling masters. After we put on the surface coat we would take a brush dipped in alcohol and flip it generously on the fresh epoxy. It would bring the bubbles to the surface and they would pop. Do a test strip to besure it doesn't effect you transparancy or anything else.

John

Messages In This Thread

HELP: Bubbles in epoxy
Severne Johnson -- 12/1/2000, 11:30 am
Solutions for bubbles in epoxy
Vaclav Stejskal (OneOceanKayaks) -- 12/3/2000, 10:46 am
vaccuum
tom preska -- 12/5/2000, 12:08 pm
vaccuum epoxy bubbles
Vaclav Stejskal (One Ocean Kayaks) -- 12/5/2000, 5:30 pm
Re: Imploding Marshmellows & Thanks . . .
Spidey -- 12/7/2000, 7:35 pm
Re: Imploding Marshmellows & Thanks . . .
Vaclav -- 12/7/2000, 7:59 pm
Re: HELP: Bubbles in epoxy
Lee -- 12/1/2000, 5:40 pm
Re: HELP: Bubbles in epoxy
Severne Johnson -- 12/1/2000, 5:55 pm
Re: HELP: Bubbles in epoxy
John Monfoe -- 12/2/2000, 4:40 am
Shop temperature and alcohol
Severne Johnson -- 12/4/2000, 11:29 am
Re: Shop temperature and alcohol
John Monfoe -- 12/5/2000, 5:34 am
Re: Shop temperature and alcohol
Severne Johnson -- 12/14/2000, 5:58 pm
Re: Shop temperature and alcohol
John Monfoe -- 12/15/2000, 4:37 am
drink more -- shop feels warmer! :) *NM*
Dean Trexel -- 12/5/2000, 6:16 pm
Re: HELP: Bubbles in epoxy
Jason Given -- 12/1/2000, 12:19 pm
Bubbles in epoxy
Jason A. -- 12/1/2000, 12:09 pm