Mixing & applying epoxy (hint)

Alcohol works great but an added hint is to make sure that when you purchase it that you get the 90% stuff from the drug store 'cause it works a lot better than the 60% stuff from Wallyworld.

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Earl Scherz> Hi ALL!

He's talking denatured, not isopropynol. I use 99% iso when I do fiber optic work. Buy it by the case at the local Longs Drugs or Sav-On.

Denatured can be had at Lowes/Home Depot/Dixieline etc...

So which one is best, Dena or Iso?

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Dunno. I've always thinned epoxy with Acetone...

I use epoxy thinner for clean-up and a small screwdriver for mixing & application.

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Lyman, is it a can of "epoxy thinner" or is it a can of "denatured alcohol". I don't think I've seen anything specifically labeled "epoxy thinner".

I used to use small pieces of wood, toothpicks or a small screwdriver to mix epoxy for making golf clubs, but I found a box of 1000 popsicle sticks at a garage sale for 25 cents and will be using them from now on to mix and/or apply epoxy. Of course, splitting them down the middle with a chisel is sometimes appropriate.

I usually mix epoxy on a white wall tile. Its hard, resistant to solvents and can be scraped clean once the epoxy dries. I always keep a little of the mix on the tile and let it cure with the stick in it. This gives me a check on the success of the cure. In making golf clubs, you don't want a head coming off and hitting someone because of a poor mixture or bad curing conditions. I thought it appropriate to carry the procedure over to modeling.

The need for and details of the thinning of epoxy is new to me, and I need more information on the details, but I'll bet Alan would pop in and reference and article on his site if I ask for help, so I'm going to look there first. Comments are appreciated, however.

Happy New Year!

Harlan

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For some reason the credit card companies have taken to sending me several excellent disposable epoxy mixing pallets every month. I really don't understand why, because it's usually companies that I don't do business with. The pallets are about 2" x 3-1/2", some are plastic, some are cardboard. Aside from the irritating embossed letters they're perfect.

Heh -- I use those, too, but as spreaders rather than pallets.

Another idea for mixing epoxy.

I scotch tape a 12" x 12" piece of wax paper to a smooth counter and mix the epoxy on that. Be careful not to 'rough mix' the expoy and rip the wax paper. When you're finished, roll up the paper and throw it away. No clean up!

Happy New Year to Everybody!

Isn't wax used as a mold release agent?

Yes it is, but I don't see the epoxy mixing tip...am I missin

something

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AOL sends me a lot of mixing pallets as well... Just gotta be wary of the hole in the middle of 'em.

I use a plastic knife, like the one you would use for a picnic and a paper plate. The knife wipes clean. Don't go over board on the mixing and the paper plate will last for several epoxy jobs. An easy way to see how things have set up. Cheap and an easy cleanup (just pitch).

Don

Any plastic lid works as a mixing plate because once the epoxy is dry i

can easily be peeled off and will last for ever, and just use the bals scrapt before u trow it away as an applicator how much cheaper tha that can it ge

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