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Re: Wax-coated mixing cups?
By:Nick Schade
Date: 1/22/1999, 9:34 am
In Response To: Wax-coated mixing cups? (Ross Leidy)

I've used wax-coated Dixie cups for several boats with no appearent problem. I see the potential problem coming when you stir and scrape the sides of the cup you might get little pieces of wax dust in the resin which could cause "fish-eyes" in subsequent layers of epoxy and varnish.

Waxless cups are probably better, but waxed cups won't make your boat implode.

> I thought I read somewhere (perhaps West System literature) that epoxy
> mixing cups should be wax-free, but System Three sells wax-coated mixing
> cups. I'd like to buy a large, cheap box of cups at the local warehouse
> store, but I wasn't sure if the wax would cause problems with the epoxy. I
> absolutely could not find any wax-free cups (except for the expensive ones
> at the boating shops). Anyone have any problems with generic wax-coated
> cups?

Messages In This Thread

Wax-coated mixing cups?
Ross Leidy -- 1/21/1999, 5:16 pm
I use 16oz cottage cheese or salsa tubs.
John Kimmel -- 1/24/1999, 1:33 pm
Clear plastic worked nice
Pete Ford -- 1/22/1999, 3:15 pm
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Paul Woolson -- 1/22/1999, 11:42 am
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Nick Schade -- 1/22/1999, 9:34 am
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Nolan Penney -- 1/22/1999, 8:21 am
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Rob Forsell -- 1/22/1999, 7:31 am
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Paul Lund -- 1/21/1999, 10:49 pm
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Dan Lindberg -- 1/21/1999, 5:25 pm
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Alan Resinger -- 1/21/1999, 9:03 pm