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Re: Epoxy: air bubbles
By:Mike Savage
Date: 3/29/2012, 12:39 pm
In Response To: Re: Epoxy: air bubbles (Joe Wuts)

: the down side for me using a heat gun it blows alot of air around
: which stirs up alot of dust. I do not have the ideal building
: area it is always dusty. Sounds like no one has tried this
: technique yet. I will try it as soon as I find an atomizor. Joe

Hi Joe,
I second the heat gun method, I've used it successfully. And in a dusty workshop. The heat gun I hava has two settings hot and very hot, with two speeds, slow and not so slow. The low speed doesn't shift much air about.

The heat gun is also handy with small pieces, you can heat the piece a bit then let it start cooling before applying epoxy. It seems to suck more resin into the wood surface. Not very far, just filling any pores.

Mike Savage
South West Cork

Messages In This Thread

Epoxy: air bubbles
Joe Wuts -- 3/28/2012, 2:14 pm
Re: Epoxy: air bubbles
Etienne Muller -- 3/28/2012, 6:40 pm
Re: Epoxy: air bubbles
Joe Wuts -- 3/28/2012, 10:50 pm
Re: Epoxy: air bubbles
Mike Savage -- 3/29/2012, 12:39 pm
Re: Epoxy: air bubbles
Dwight Lynn -- 3/28/2012, 7:37 pm