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Re: Mixing Cups Worked For Me
By:Nolan
Date: 11/19/1999, 2:07 pm
In Response To: Re: Mixing Cups Worked For Me (Paul Connolly)

I think you're going about it the wrong way. Here's how I came up with a measuring system.

For disposable paper cups:

Take one clean empty cup into the kitchen and get the measuring spoons. Take X spoon fulls of water, dump into cup on level surface. Mark outside of cup at water level. Add Y spoon fulls of water, mark outside of cup again. X and Y being ratios to reflect resin to hardener. I now have a calibrated paper cup. I can repeat this for different quantities around the cup.

Take "master cup" into shop. Hold it up beside other cups I will be using, and simply mark additional cups for actual use. When I accidently use the "master cup", go back into kitch and make another.

Yogurt cups

Same technique. Only there is no master. The actual cup(s) are marked this way, perfectly calibrated. Just mix the resin in the actual cup, use it, let the remaining mix cure, and pop it out to re-use.

No transferring of resin or hardener between cups ever takes place.

Messages In This Thread

Epoxy pump dispensers, users beware!
Matthew Bastian -- 11/16/1999, 8:55 am
Coffee Creamers
Jay Babina -- 11/18/1999, 10:41 am
Re: Yogurt Containers
Shawn Baker -- 11/19/1999, 10:39 am
Mixing Cups Worked For Me
David Bryson -- 11/16/1999, 6:49 pm
Re: Mixing Cups Worked For Me
Paul Connolly -- 11/18/1999, 12:34 pm
Re: Mixing Cups Worked For Me
Nolan -- 11/19/1999, 6:26 am
Re: Cleaning the mix cups
Don Beale -- 11/18/1999, 5:13 pm
Re: Mixing Cups Worked For Me
Mike Hanks -- 11/18/1999, 1:37 pm
Re: Mixing Cups Worked For Me
Paul Connolly -- 11/19/1999, 1:21 pm
Re: Mixing Cups Worked For Me
Nolan -- 11/19/1999, 2:07 pm
Re: Mixing Cups Worked For Me
Paul Connolly -- 11/19/1999, 1:21 pm
Re: Ditto
Mike Hanks -- 11/20/1999, 11:01 am
Re: Mixing Cups Worked For Me
Ross Leidy -- 11/19/1999, 3:09 pm
Re: Mixing Cups Worked For Me
Shawn Baker -- 11/19/1999, 4:08 pm
Okay, you've provoked a rant
Ross Leidy -- 11/20/1999, 1:41 pm
Re: Okay, you've provoked a rant
lee -- 11/20/1999, 9:08 pm
Re: Okay, you've provoked a rant
Ian Johnston -- 11/20/1999, 3:28 pm
Re: Supporting the Rant
Shawn Baker -- 11/20/1999, 3:21 pm
Re: Epoxy pump dispensers, users beware!
Nolan -- 11/16/1999, 10:50 am
Re: Epoxy pump dispensers, users beware!
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 11/16/1999, 10:08 am
Re: Dispensers and Ketsup
Dan Lindberg -- 11/16/1999, 1:20 pm
Re: use cheap mixing cups
Ross Leidy -- 11/16/1999, 9:22 am
Re: use cheap mixing cups
addison m. -- 11/21/1999, 12:43 am
Re: use cheap mixing cups
Phillip Kearney -- 11/17/1999, 5:22 am
Re: use cheap mixing cups
Matthew Bastian -- 11/17/1999, 1:39 pm
Medical Dispensing Cups
Chris in Cajun Country -- 11/16/1999, 10:18 pm
Re: Medical Dispensing Cups
Rehd -- 11/16/1999, 10:53 pm
Re: use cheap mixing cups
Paul C. -- 11/16/1999, 12:19 pm
Re: use cheap mixing cups
Shawn Baker -- 11/16/1999, 11:00 am