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Re: Hardener vapor is intense even new
By:pikabike@yahoo.com
Date: 12/16/2003, 12:51 pm
In Response To: Re: Epoxy: light sensitivity (Richard Kohlström)

: Before you throw away the containers look for any "best before
: .....". I´ve had a couple of old containers with both resin and
: hardener left. I opened the hardener container and was nearly knocked out
: by the intense vapour. Talk about bad breath!!! This smell was corrosive
: and lasted for a long time. All left containers was disposed of as
: dangerous garbage for destruction at the environmental station along with
: the chemical certificate.
: Keep your smaller containers as cold as possible and in the dark.

I took a whiff of mine, which had been opened less than 2 months earlier, and the ammonia smell floored me. It has been kept in the dark and still works fine.

Messages In This Thread

Epoxy: light sensitivity
David Humphries -- 12/16/2003, 2:32 am
Re: Epoxy: light sensitivity
Malcolm Schweizer -- 12/16/2003, 11:18 am
Re: Epoxy: light sensitivity
pikabike@yahoo.com -- 12/16/2003, 12:53 pm
Re: Epoxy: light sensitivity
Jay Babina -- 12/16/2003, 8:40 am
Re: Epoxy: light sensitivity
Richard Kohlström -- 12/16/2003, 7:03 am
Re: Hardener vapor is intense even new
pikabike@yahoo.com -- 12/16/2003, 12:51 pm
Re: Epoxy: light sensitivity
Ron Deane -- 12/16/2003, 5:58 am
Re: Epoxy: light sensitivity
David Humphries -- 12/16/2003, 6:17 am