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Re: Epoxy: Heat for glassing
By:Les Cheeseman
Date: 12/2/2010, 1:31 pm
In Response To: Epoxy: Heat for glassing (Palle Dam)

: I am building in an uninsulated garage and will have to heat it to
: do the glassing. I plan to build some kind of tent around the
: kayak to minimize the space to be heated.
: But heating is expensive. How long is it necessary to heat? How
: much should the epoxy cure before I can turn of the heat? I'm
: not looking for a number of hours (Because it varies between the
: different epoxy-brands), more like at which cure-stage I can
: stop heating.
: The temperature is around freezing at the moment. Without the tent
: (which I haven't made yet) I could only get the temperature up
: to around 14 C (~57 F) with a 2000 W electric heater and a 4200
: W propane heater. But that is too expensive for long term use.
: Btw. does anyone have a description or pictures of a tent-frame
: that is easy to make?

Sounds to me like there are enough strip builders stopped work because of the cold weather to make it worth chartering a cruise ship and heading for the Southern
Hemisphere!! Count me in.
Les C.

: Palle Dam
: Denmark

Messages In This Thread

Epoxy: Heat for glassing
Palle Dam -- 12/1/2010, 8:32 am
Re: Epoxy: Heat for glassing
Don Flowers -- 12/3/2010, 2:02 pm
Re: Epoxy: Heat for glassing
Palle Dam -- 12/4/2010, 1:18 pm
Re: Epoxy: Heat for glassing
Bill Hamm -- 12/6/2010, 12:19 am
Re: Epoxy: Heat for glassing
Bill Hamm -- 12/6/2010, 12:16 am
Re: Epoxy: Heat for glassing
Al Edie -- 12/5/2010, 6:36 pm
Re: Epoxy: Heat for glassing
Les Cheeseman -- 12/2/2010, 1:31 pm
Re: Epoxy: Heat for glassing
Mike Savage -- 12/1/2010, 2:16 pm
Re: Epoxy: Heat for glassing
Bill Hamm -- 12/1/2010, 6:06 pm
Re: Epoxy: Heat for glassing
Bill Hamm -- 12/1/2010, 1:43 pm
Re: Epoxy: Heat for glassing
Ric -- 12/1/2010, 11:48 am