X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from fmailhost02.isp.att.net ([207.115.11.52] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.12) with ESMTP id 2318774 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 07 Sep 2007 23:10:58 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=207.115.11.52; envelope-from=atlasyts@bellsouth.net Received: from [72.153.149.176] (adsl-153-149-176.mia.bellsouth.net[72.153.149.176]) by bellsouth.net (frfwmhc02) with SMTP id <20070908031019H0200ercooe>; Sat, 8 Sep 2007 03:10:19 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [72.153.149.176] Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Bulent Aliev Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Epoxy Shelf Life Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 23:10:22 -0400 To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) John, Don't trow away the resin (if it is Epoxy?). The problem usually is the hardener. I never had resin go bad, but the hardener will turn crusty and crystalize. Just get some new hardener and try again. Buly On Sep 7, 2007, at 11:02 PM, John Downing wrote: > Today I had to put another layer of glass on the radiator > diffusers. I believe I glassed the diffusers back in May and the > epoxy just didn't want to harden up. I'm sure that tossing out 3 > gallons of epoxy is making my Scotch ancestors roll over in there > graves, don't purchase more material than you can use in a > reasonable length of time, of course everyone knows that, right. > The new layer of epoxy is looking good tonight. I did try > reheating the epoxy to breath new life into it, but something else > happened to it that the heat didn't fix. JohnD Don't you just > have to love this homebuilding curve >