I did not have a postal scale around but I got 2 syringes (without a needle) and use them to measure small amounts. 3cc of resin and 1 cc of hardener in the West System. I used 20 cc syringes and if you were really looking to do small amounts you could use 5 cc syringes and still easily do your ratios. Easy quick and painless!

Great ideas and thoughts, I just thought that another method would be of interest.

Don

Thank you friends, I'm not surprised you're already on top of this--with more
: information and experience I can benefit from.
: I agree that using a gram scale would be more exact and allow for very small
: batches. I used the postal scale because it was available. (I first
: reached for a gram scale I have for teaching but the transformer wasn't in
: the box). the $14 Harbor Freight scale looks like a good deal.
: I've wasted a lot of epoxy mixing up the minimal amount which was still too
: much for some small task. Also how much material is wasted inside all
: those sticky cups? What I immediately noticed when I started pouring onto
: the scale was that I could pour only as much resin as I thought I needed
: and then just had to do a little simple math to come up with the hardener.
: Hi Henk, I'm just laminating two 1 x 4 redwood boards to carve out a
: Greenland Paddle. I figured laminating two boards would make it stiffer
: and stronger than just using a 2x4. I considered putting some fiberglass
: or carbon fiber cloth in between but didn't find anything on the net about
: using cloth between layers.
: Will