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From: "George Lendich" <lendich@optusnet.com.au>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
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Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Epoxy Shelf Life
Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2007 16:04:35 +1000
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Yep! I got stuff that's 10 years old and just as good as new - however I 
wouldn't use it on structural stuff, just in case. For the type of work your 
talking about, it would be fine with either decrystalizing the hardener or 
just getting new hardener.
George ( down under)

> 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
>>
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