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Re: Epoxy: AAAAAGGGGHHHH!!!!
By:Jay Babina
Date: 11/16/2009, 12:25 pm
In Response To: Epoxy: AAAAAGGGGHHHH!!!! (Malcolm Schweizer)

Make sue you warm up the epoxy to lower the viscosity. I actually get mine fairly warm. It will kick earlier but I work fast. And let it soak for quite a while before you squeegee. Use many smaller batches rather than big batches so the epoxy doesn't thicken too much before it has a chance to fully wet out the cloth. Work fast. Any weight glass can be wet out with enough time and thin enough epoxy unless there is a coating on the glass which can happen but not often. Over the years 4 oz has proven to be plenty enough for a stripper with the extra football shape on the bottom.

Whenever I try a new glass supplier, I wet out a scrap first as a test just to see what I'm up against.

Messages In This Thread

Epoxy: AAAAAGGGGHHHH!!!!
Malcolm Schweizer -- 11/13/2009, 6:36 am
Re: Epoxy: AAAAAGGGGHHHH!!!!
Bill Hamm -- 11/17/2009, 12:47 am
Re: Epoxy: You can fix it. Easily !
Paul G. Jacobson -- 11/16/2009, 5:47 pm
Re: Epoxy: AAAAAGGGGHHHH!!!!
Jay Babina -- 11/16/2009, 12:25 pm