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sticky points
By:Jay Doorly
Date: 12/9/2003, 12:57 am
In Response To: Re: Found the answer -- it sticks (pikabike)

: Thanks for the reminder about the drop cloth. I do have a plastic drop cloth
: that I know doesn't hold to epoxy but it sounded like Vaclav recommended a
: thicker, stiffer version.

: As for acetate, according to a website I found this afternoon, it WILL stick
: to epoxy.

There is degrees of stick. There's 'Post Its' and there epoxy. My acetate (this would be the clear plastic pages we used to print on for display on the overhead projector, the stuff that melts if your put it in the laser printer instead of the inkjet) sheets definately stick to my epoxy work. However, the miniscule effort needed to seperate a sheet from semi or fully cured epoxy is a lot closer to the 'Post it' side of the graph. The finish it leaves on the epoxy is smooth and shiny. Pygmy actually sent some in their kit to put between the epoxy and the weight when butt scarfing the panels.

Earlier this year I began a quest to find a plastic that indeed would bond to epoxy, or an adhesive that would bond epoxy to plastic, and thus far I am unsuccessful. The point being if its plastic it aint gonna stick to epoxy.

Messages In This Thread

Epoxy: Does epoxy stick to acetate?
pikabike -- 12/8/2003, 3:28 pm
Re: Epoxy: Does epoxy stick to acetate?
Danny Cox -- 12/8/2003, 4:37 pm
Re: Epoxy: Does epoxy stick to acetate?
KenC -- 12/8/2003, 8:42 pm
Re: Epoxy: Does epoxy stick to acetate? *Pic*
Danny Cox -- 12/9/2003, 7:57 am
Re: UV's effect on inkjet ink
pikabike -- 12/9/2003, 1:07 pm
Re: UV's effect on inkjet ink
Paul G. Jacobson -- 12/9/2003, 10:20 pm
Re: Found the answer -- it sticks
pikabike -- 12/8/2003, 7:37 pm
sticky points
Jay Doorly -- 12/9/2003, 12:57 am
Re: sticky points
Paul G. Jacobson -- 12/9/2003, 9:59 pm
Re: sticky points
Jay Doorly -- 12/10/2003, 2:31 am
Re: sticky points
chuck -- 12/9/2003, 4:31 pm
and it is much more expensive than polyethylene *NM*
Paul G. Jacobson -- 12/8/2003, 8:37 pm