Date: 10/13/2003, 10:34 am
Is there anything I can place on curing epoxied surfaces to prevent bugs from becoming embedded in them or making bugtracks? Wax paper?
My workspace is prone to large explosions of fly and lacewing populations after the weather turns warm for a day or two. Cold weather kills them (time for the vacuum cleaner...) but then they return after another warm respite. I haven't found where they enter from, though it may have to do with the skunk that I think lives under the room. Chinch beetles also "visit." Which brings me to another question: do chinch beetles chomp on wood? Okuome plywood, to be specific?
How long does the epoxy take to cure in, say, 55 degrees, 65 degrees, and 75 degrees, assuming low relative humidity? Would 45 degrees be a bad idea? The reason I ask is that although I will do the epoxy work in the daytime to take advantage of the greenhouse effect, nighttime temps drop drastically in this dry climate. Yes, I can put in some lightbulbs for warming, and I plan on keeping a portable oil-filled electric radiator handy. There is also a little heat coming from the adjacent studio, which has a forced-hot-air heater. I just wanted to know what the temperature limits for a strong cure were.
Thanks for any help with this.
Messages In This Thread
- Epoxy: How to protect curing epoxy from bug visitors?
pikabike -- 10/13/2003, 10:34 am- Re: Epoxy: How to protect curing epoxy from bug vi
John Monroe -- 10/14/2003, 4:36 am- Curing times
pikabike -- 10/14/2003, 7:17 pm- Re: Curing times
Annapolis -- 10/15/2003, 9:33 am
- Re: Curing times
- Re: Epoxy: How to protect curing epoxy from bug vi
LeeG -- 10/13/2003, 11:00 am- Re: Epoxy: How to protect curing epoxy from bug vi
pikabike -- 10/13/2003, 2:46 pm- Re: Epoxy: How to protect curing epoxy from bug vi
Annapolis -- 10/13/2003, 4:02 pm- Not going to use the pumps
pikabike -- 10/14/2003, 7:03 pm
- Re: Epoxy: How to protect curing epoxy from bug vi
Danny Cox -- 10/13/2003, 2:54 pm- Humidity not an issue, supposedly
pikabike -- 10/14/2003, 6:59 pm
- Not going to use the pumps
- Re: Epoxy: How to protect curing epoxy from bug vi
- Curing times
- Re: Epoxy: How to protect curing epoxy from bug vi