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Re: Epoxy: whats the difference *PIC*
By:Etienne Muller
Date: 5/1/2012, 6:02 am
In Response To: Re: Epoxy: whats the difference (paul killen)

: Thanks for that info, very much appreciated. As I live in sunny
: Belfast getting anywhere near 70 degrees is a virtual
: impossibility :-) The tent idea is a good one.

: What type and weight of glass cloth do you use?

: Paul

The problems and expense of getting and keeping temps up is the reason I resort to the heat gun. It is about the only way to get a clear wetout in a workshop that is not getting up to the necessary temps, which even in summer here is almost impossible.

You can see from the photo that I got pretty good wetout using the described method with six ounce on my last project.

In case you missed it ere is a link

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.209700729090748.53026.100001524683106&type=3&l=62361961c9

Messages In This Thread

Epoxy: whats the difference
paul killen -- 5/1/2012, 4:55 am
Re: Epoxy: whats the difference
Etienne Muller -- 5/1/2012, 5:32 am
Re: Epoxy: whats the difference
paul killen -- 5/1/2012, 5:38 am
Re: Epoxy: whats the difference
Etienne Muller -- 5/1/2012, 5:50 am
Re: Epoxy: whats the difference *PIC*
Etienne Muller -- 5/1/2012, 6:02 am
Re: Epoxy: whats the difference
Etienne Muller -- 5/1/2012, 6:11 am
Re: Epoxy: whats the difference *PIC*
Etienne Muller -- 5/1/2012, 5:41 am
Re: Epoxy: whats the difference
paul killen -- 5/1/2012, 6:41 am
Re: Epoxy: whats the difference
MattD -- 5/1/2012, 12:53 pm
Re: Epoxy: whats the difference
Malcolm Schweizer -- 5/1/2012, 3:32 pm
Re: Epoxy: whats the difference
Kirk Fredericks -- 5/2/2012, 4:17 pm
Re: Epoxy: whats the difference
paul killen -- 5/3/2012, 7:38 am
Re: Epoxy: whats the difference
Mark Vander Horck -- 5/4/2012, 6:31 pm
Re: Epoxy: whats the difference
Kirk Fredericks -- 5/4/2012, 7:44 pm