: Okay, I'm a little out of practice. The North Bay has been essentially
: "done" for several months --- less paint and varnish --- so I
: haven't had to mess about with epoxy for a while. However, early this
: morning, I wanted to drill some deck fitting holes and fill them with
: cabosil-thickened epoxy so that I could later drill them out for bungies
: after all had cured. Same with cavities for retainer screws for a strap
: across the bow to hold down the storm paddle. Went to the small workbench
: where I keep the epoxy containers, burped the big pump and the small pump
: carefully, took one careful measure of each, and stirred thoroughly. Mixed
: in the cabosil, and carefully filled the voids. Checked tonight, and
: nothing had happened --- just some really messy, wet, non-cooked holes.
: After a sinking thought, went to the bench and examined the big pump ---
: resin --- and the small pump --- resin. Both blue. Right next to each
: other --- but not like always.

: The question: anybody want to guess how long I have to let these voids dry
: out before mixing up some TWO-part epoxy to create sleeves and plugs? I
: pipe-cleanered them out pretty well, and I know that resin will never
: really dry out, but is there some rule of thumb about letting the stuff
: soak in or dry out?

: Thanks for any spare encouragement!

: Jack Martin

I spilled some resin on my floor and it hasn't gotten hard for about 6 months... if you just throw some in over the top of the stuff you have in there now the new stuff should harden the old right along with it.... just kinda pour it in the cups and mix it around a bit...

for what it's worth

DAVE