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Re: Flaking Epoxy?!
By:Tim Stough
Date: 3/3/2000, 6:21 pm
In Response To: Re: Flaking Epoxy?! (Ross Leidy)

> You bet. Contaminated mixing containers? Contaminated glass? Frozen wood?
> I'm certain it's clear that I'm grasping now. Somebody bail me out.

Is it actually "flaking"? Flaking makes me think old paint... I noticed that if you pull the mylar too soon and too hard, the tape comes with it near the edge of the panel. Also, if you're reusing mylar from a previous joint, there may be some old epoxy stuck to the mylar that ends up as a flake stuck to the new epoxy.

I'm grasping a bit too... I don't have much epoxy experience and luckily have had no bad experiences with it on our Osprey so far.

Later,

Tim.

Messages In This Thread

Flaking Epoxy?!
Brion -- 3/3/2000, 2:56 pm
Re: Flaking Epoxy?!
Ross Leidy -- 3/3/2000, 3:05 pm
This really can't be good...
Brion -- 3/3/2000, 8:54 pm
Re: This really can't be good...
Mike -- 3/3/2000, 11:05 pm
Re: This really can't be good...
Brion -- 3/4/2000, 12:11 am
Re: This really can't be good...
Paul G. Jacobson -- 3/7/2000, 12:53 am
Re: Flaking Epoxy?!
Brion -- 3/3/2000, 3:08 pm
Re: Flaking Epoxy?!
Ross Leidy -- 3/3/2000, 3:42 pm
Re: Flaking Epoxy?!
Tim Stough -- 3/3/2000, 6:21 pm