Boat Building Forum

Find advice on all aspects of building your own kayak, canoe or any lightweight boats

Re: raka epoxy
By:Ross Leidy
Date: 5/30/2001, 8:42 am
In Response To: raka epoxy (sage)

I use the 350/127 and it does take a while to harden if the temps are 60-65. At 70, it's much quicker.

Also, I've had batches that never hardened completely, and I've attributed it to incomplete mixing. Mix your next batch for 3 minutes and you shouldn't have a problem (assuming the ratio is not the issue).

Ross

: I tryed using raka 350 no blush hardner (with resin) on sat. I used there
: pumps. I made a bacth useng one pump of resin and one of hardner. After
: mixing for two minuts I added flour (cooking). I used this for filler on
: the white wood. Today the strip I used for mixing the epoxy still depresed
: with a fingernail. I made a test bacth last night using one pump of each
: again. This bacth I poured onto a large yogurt lid. Now 20 hrs. later It
: looks and feels like rubber! Is this just a bad bacth of epoxy or is this
: normal. Am I doing somthing wrong? I E-maild RAKA this morning and have
: not received an answer yet. I am planning on calling tomorrow.

: The temp has not been below 60 degrees.

: Any sugestions?

: Sage.

Messages In This Thread

raka epoxy
sage -- 5/29/2001, 9:26 pm
Re: I use a digital scale.
Tony -- 5/31/2001, 3:13 pm
Re: I use a digital scale.
Chris Menard -- 6/1/2001, 8:30 am
Re: raka epoxy
Hochrek -- 5/30/2001, 10:51 pm
Re: raka epoxy
John Schroeder -- 5/30/2001, 9:45 am
Re: raka epoxy
Ross Leidy -- 5/30/2001, 8:42 am
Re: raka epoxy
Dean Trexel -- 5/29/2001, 11:04 pm
Re: raka epoxy
peter czerpak -- 5/30/2001, 8:12 am
Re: raka epoxy
Rehd -- 5/29/2001, 10:15 pm
Re: raka epoxy
sage -- 5/29/2001, 11:35 pm