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Ernest,
Sounds good. I have the house done now, so I have a
little more time now. I also saw Joe's post on the subject. His advice
about mixing small batches is on the money. When it's
hot, you can't mix too much at a time, or it will
exotherm on you.
Just let me know a few days ahead of time of when you
need help with a layup.
Steve
--- Ernest Christley <echristley@nc.rr.com> wrote:
Steve Brooks wrote:
>Ernest,
>
>I did all of mine with a 50/50 mixture of fast and
>slow hardner. I did some layups in 90+ temps. Just
>make sure that you don't leave any mixed epoxy
>unattended. Keep it stirred up, and or keep
brushing
>it in. At a 50/50 mix, mine still took about 4
hours
>to get to the chewing gum stage, and as I recall
the
>fast, is 2-3 hours to get there. I don't think
that
>you'll have any trouble, but if you need any help
with
>big layups, let me know.
> >
Thank you, Steve. You're on my list of people to
call now. I've been doing the mix, just like you showed me. Saturday, a week ago, I was getting my two boys all trained up in how to
do layups. The goal was to have help with these large pieces. Everything was going as well as could be expected, until around 11:00 when it
started warming up. It started getting hard faster than I could get the
epoxy on. Could very well have been my technique, but I don't think I
could have worked with just fast hardener.
However as Joe suggested, Wicks is coming through. The nice lady said they are expecting a new shipment "any day now". I've cancelled the ACS order and, I'll be ordering from Wick's.
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