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Epoxy: Epoxy Failure: is there any hope ?
By:Greywuuf
Date: 8/30/2010, 8:16 pm

Building a Yost Sea Tour 15 EXP. Epoxied the chines and gunwales to the cross sections, but due to an unexpected turn of the weather and a failure of the heating system in the building shop, the Epoxy (locktite brand 1 hour pot life ) was exposed to mid to high 40 degree temperatures over night. Needless to say the epoxy did NOT set up, and though it is not still runny it is pretty close to dried rubber cement, you can press your fingernail into it and it will peel easily. Is there any chance these joints will continue to set up if I can get it into a heated environment?

Thanks
Dan

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Epoxy: Epoxy Failure: is there any hope ?
Greywuuf -- 8/30/2010, 8:16 pm
Re: Epoxy: Epoxy Failure: is there any hope ?
Bill Hamm -- 8/30/2010, 9:30 pm
Re: Epoxy: Epoxy Failure: is there any hope ?
Clayton Plunkett -- 8/30/2010, 8:38 pm
Re: Epoxy: Epoxy Failure: is there any hope ?
TheLuckyOne -- 8/30/2010, 10:21 pm
Re: Epoxy: Epoxy Failure: is there any hope ?
Greywuuf -- 8/31/2010, 10:25 pm
Re: Epoxy: Epoxy Failure: is there any hope ?
Bill Hamm -- 9/1/2010, 8:00 am
Re: Epoxy: Epoxy Failure: is there any hope ?
Greywuuf -- 9/1/2010, 11:39 am
Re: Epoxy: Epoxy Failure: is there any hope ?
TheLuckyOne -- 9/1/2010, 7:46 am
Re: Epoxy: Epoxy Failure: is there any hope ?
Bill Hamm -- 9/1/2010, 8:01 am