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Re: Material: Minicell Color
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 1/18/2011, 9:18 am
In Response To: Re: Material: Minicell Color (Ian Cummins)

: I'm just curious about the different ways to thicken and/or
: reinforce epoxy. I see the term "thickened" a lot. So
: far I've only mixed wood flour to the epoxy and that was for the
: coaming fillet and to glue in some end blocks for toggles. Have
: seen folks mention chopped glass and strands of glass as well as
: silica, bubbles, etc. Should I be adding glass to fillets?

Hi Ian,

You don't even want it in the filets, it'll certainly work, but makes them really difficult to sand later on. I use it when I'm gluing wood with epoxy, makes a very strong bond.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Material: Minicell Color
Ian Cummins -- 1/17/2011, 9:14 pm
Re: Material: Minicell Color
Mike Bielski -- 1/17/2011, 11:44 pm
Re: Material: Minicell Color
Ian Cummins -- 1/18/2011, 10:19 am
Re: Material: Minicell Color
Bill Hamm -- 1/18/2011, 6:24 pm
Re: Material: Minicell Color
Mike Bielski -- 1/18/2011, 7:50 pm
Re: Material: Minicell Color
Bill Hamm -- 1/18/2011, 10:09 pm
All Minicell not the same
Jay Babina -- 1/19/2011, 8:06 am
Re: All Minicell not the same
Ian Cummins -- 1/19/2011, 9:26 am
Re: Material: Minicell Color
Bill Hamm -- 1/18/2011, 1:44 am
Re: Material: Minicell Color
Ian Cummins -- 1/18/2011, 9:11 am
Re: Material: Minicell Color
Bill Hamm -- 1/18/2011, 9:18 am
Re: Material: Minicell Color
Scott Lovrien -- 1/18/2011, 11:41 am
Re: Material: Minicell Color
Glen Smith -- 1/18/2011, 8:29 pm
Re: Material: Minicell Color
jwuts -- 1/18/2011, 9:12 pm
Re: epoxy fillers
Dave Houser -- 1/19/2011, 3:38 pm
Re: epoxy fillers
Bill Hamm -- 1/19/2011, 6:59 pm