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vaccuum epoxy bubbles
By:Vaclav Stejskal (One Ocean Kayaks)
Date: 12/5/2000, 5:30 pm
In Response To: vaccuum (tom preska)

Hi Tom,
If you apply vacuum, the opposite will happen. Any dissolved gas and microscopic air bubbles will expand because of the reduction in surrounding air pressure. The same effect can be seen in freshly opened soda or champagne - Bubbles arising from 'pinpoint singularity' (to human eyes at least). The big bubbles will expand and burst but there are millions of small ones waiting 'in the wings'. Viscosity reduction and careful mixing are the only practical solutions.
You can have real fun with vacuum pumps though - such as boiling water at room temperature or imploding marshmellows :)

Vaclav

: If you mix the epoxy and get a lot of bubbles is it possible to draw the
: bubbles out with vaccuum? I think i saw that somewhere probably in epoxy
: casting literature. You would have to get a science class glass jar with
: an attachment for a rubber hose and hook it to your flowing sink. of
: course you would need the sink adapter and the (whatever you call it) jar
: or a vacuum pump. But you should be able to draw out the bubbles prior to
: application.

: Tom

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