Date: 6/30/2011, 8:37 am
: Big batches arn't a problem and you don't necessarily have to go
: real fast using it, just can't contain it in a small cup. A
: roller tray works great when you're doing this, spreads out the
: resin and the metal sucks out any extra heat too. If it's really
: warm out, can even put the roller tray on ice to keep the resin
: cool.
: Bill H.
Epoxy starts to thicken the moment you mix in the hardener.
If you care about having a transparent glass lay-up small batches will
keep the resin at it's thinnest to wet-out the best.
If you care about having the lightest possible hand lay-up, small batches will keep the resin
thin to wet-out fast and ALLOW you to squeegee excess resin out of the cloth.
I've noticed the difference when I used larger batches, especially on the hull interior, where the
resin thickened slightly and I could not squeegee out the excess.
I never mix more than a 6 oz. batch of resin and it is very easy to estimate how much resin I
will need to finish a job. I waste very little $$$$ resin.
Details make all the difference.
Rob
I hear, I forget. I see, I remember. I do, I understand.
Confucius
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Robert N Pruden -- 6/29/2011, 3:59 pm- Re: Epoxy: Near miss...
Bryan Hansel -- 6/29/2011, 4:33 pm- Re: Epoxy: Near miss...
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Roy Martin (fadedred) -- 6/29/2011, 6:41 pm
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Glen Smith -- 6/29/2011, 4:34 pm- Re: Epoxy: Near miss...
Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 6/29/2011, 5:27 pm- Re: Epoxy: Near miss...
Robert N Pruden -- 6/29/2011, 5:33 pm- Re: Epoxy: Near miss...
Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 6/29/2011, 5:46 pm- Re: Epoxy: Near miss...
Bill Hamm -- 6/29/2011, 7:00 pm- Re: Epoxy: Near miss...
Bill Hamm -- 6/29/2011, 7:03 pm- Re: Epoxy: Near miss...
Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 6/30/2011, 8:37 am- Re: Epoxy: Near miss...
Bill Hamm -- 6/30/2011, 8:42 am- Re: Epoxy: Near miss...
Bryan Kapteyn -- 6/30/2011, 2:13 pm- Re: Epoxy: Near miss...
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 6/30/2011, 2:39 pm- Re: Epoxy: Near miss...
Bill Hamm -- 7/1/2011, 2:15 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/1/2011, 2:17 am
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