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Re: Strip: carbon + epoxy
By:Etienne Muller - Ireland
Date: 5/14/2010, 3:20 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: carbon + epoxy (Ted Henry)

: Add your powder to a small amount of mixed epoxy, mix into a paste,
: add more epoxy to thin the paste, and so on until your mixture
: is ready to add to the epoxy batch.

: Ted

That is the route I'd go except that I would mix the powder into a paste of epoxy without the hardener mixed in, keep adding the measured epoxy, finally add the hardener. That will give you all the time you need to get a decent mix. Add the hardener last to avert the stress of haste.

It may also help to decant some epoxy resin and warm it in a bowl of hot water before you mix.

Et

Messages In This Thread

Strip: carbon + epoxy
Michael McMann -- 5/13/2010, 12:53 pm
Re: Strip: carbon + epoxy
Brian Nystrom -- 5/13/2010, 6:16 pm
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Roger D -- 5/13/2010, 8:14 pm
Re: Strip: carbon + epoxy
Michael McMann -- 5/22/2010, 2:48 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 5/13/2010, 3:40 pm
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Ted Henry -- 5/13/2010, 1:08 pm
Re: Strip: carbon + epoxy
Etienne Muller - Ireland -- 5/14/2010, 3:20 am
Re: Strip: carbon + epoxy
Malcolm Schweizer -- 5/17/2010, 4:27 am