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Yes temperature.
By:Jay Babina
Date: 6/14/2009, 11:47 am
In Response To: Re: Epoxy: bad mix of epoxy (Mike Scarborough)

Some epoxies will slow to a stall if the temp is just under what they need. Epoxy never doesn't harden unless: your ratio is way off or too cold. If you screwed up with the 5-1 and have it at 4-1 you could get a rubbery hardness. Before you rip it apart, heat the area good with a heat lamp or outside in the sun if it's really warm. I've used WEST in the past and had a mixture stay rubbery until I really heated it up for a good period of time and then it got totally hard.

Messages In This Thread

Epoxy: bad mix of epoxy
bueller -- 6/12/2009, 5:20 pm
If the epoxy is rubbery...
Brian Nystrom -- 6/13/2009, 12:04 pm
Re: Epoxy: bad mix of epoxy
Bill Hamm -- 6/13/2009, 1:03 am
Re: Epoxy: bad mix of epoxy
bueller -- 6/13/2009, 8:37 am
Re: Epoxy: bad mix of epoxy
Mike Scarborough -- 6/12/2009, 8:28 pm
Yes temperature.
Jay Babina -- 6/14/2009, 11:47 am
Re: Epoxy: bad mix of epoxy
bueller -- 6/12/2009, 9:46 pm