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Re: Epoxy: Newbie needs Supplies, help needed
By:Donovan
Date: 10/9/2008, 9:32 am
In Response To: Epoxy: Newbie needs Supplies, help needed (MacMcCaskie)

I have used the pumps most of the time and have aleways had good success with them. For mixing I use yogurt cups, which are free. I bought a squeegee and didn't care much for it.(too stiff) What I have found to work better for squeegees are the fake credit cards that come with all the credit card applications. (again free) for very small batches of epoxy I use used "Soft-Soap" dispenser bottles and mix in the little 2oz cups that they give out samples in at Sam's Club. (Are you seeing a pattern here ?)

: I'm just about ready to start the fiberglassing phase of my Micro-Bootlegger
: and
: have been obsessing over what size/type of epoxy mixing supplies to get and
: am hoping for some wise advice. My goal is to get a good job with sensible
: cost, but I'm not super cheap.

: I'll be using Raka epoxy on 4oz standard weave on the outside and 6oz 45x45
: stitched on the inside. I just don't know what size a good workable batch
: of resin is.
: Should I get the pumps? Will they pump too big of a batch?
: What's a good size for mixing cups: 8, 16, 32oz? Graduated plastic
: (reuseable) or disposable paper?
: Should I mess with a bubble roller, or depend on a squeegee?

: Thanks all,
: -mac

Messages In This Thread

Epoxy: Newbie needs Supplies, help needed
MacMcCaskie -- 10/8/2008, 10:55 pm
Re: Epoxy: Thank All
MacMcCaskie -- 10/9/2008, 8:53 pm
Re: Epoxy: Newbie needs Supplies, help needed
Bill Hamm -- 10/9/2008, 7:31 pm
Re: Epoxy: Newbie needs Supplies, help needed
Donovan -- 10/9/2008, 9:32 am
Small batch mixing
Jay Babina -- 10/9/2008, 9:21 am
Re: Epoxy: Newbie needs Supplies, help needed
Kudzu -- 10/9/2008, 8:10 am
Re: Epoxy: Newbie needs Supplies, help needed
Paul G. Jacobson -- 10/9/2008, 12:01 am