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Re: Epoxy: raka vs us composite
By:John Monroe
Date: 10/6/2003, 4:39 am

I have used both Raka slow & US Composit slow epoxy and both seemed about the same to me. The Raka was used on a small yak in a room I could heat to 80 degrees and got my tack free set in about a day. The US Composit would set tack free in a 50 degree garage in 3 days. I had a tent system set over the yak to set in the sun to speed up the set up time but didn’t get much sun so I was compelled to use the tent mostly to keep the dust off.

I was going to use the Raka 5 oz glass but chickened out and used the 6 oz that I had used before on my first yak.

John

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Epoxy: raka vs us composite *Pic*
c -- 10/5/2003, 5:25 pm
MANY THANKS
c -- 10/6/2003, 5:21 pm
Re: Epoxy: raka vs us composite
Don -- 10/6/2003, 2:41 pm
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Kurt Maurer -- 10/6/2003, 5:19 pm
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Ross Sieber -- 10/6/2003, 11:32 am
5oz designs
Brian Ervin -- 10/6/2003, 10:15 am
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Dave Murray -- 10/6/2003, 8:45 am
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John Monroe -- 10/6/2003, 4:39 am
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srchr/gerald -- 10/5/2003, 11:42 pm
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Jack Sanderson -- 10/5/2003, 9:59 pm
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Kurt Maurer -- 10/5/2003, 9:10 pm
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John Schroeder -- 10/5/2003, 5:37 pm