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Re: Epoxy: Beginner question- epoxy pumps
By:Dan Caouette (CSCWC)
Date: 4/22/2014, 6:12 pm
In Response To: Re: Epoxy: Beginner question- epoxy pumps (Marc Upchurch)

Why people will not tell you exactly which resin requires a different approach, I don't know.

Mark, Jay didn't say which epoxy system he was using. It was a fair warning that not epoxy pumps are the same.

Yes, WEST, MAS and System3 are all 1 pump resin : 1 pump hardener. I know, I've used them all. I've also have used other brands that weren't so user friendly. I started building with US Composites years ago. They used the same pumps for both. I understand that Entropy Resin's (eg Super Sap) are the same way. There are many other epoxy brands out there. We can't be expected to list them all.

It's not that hard: Read the directions that come with the pumps. Unless they are generic pumps, they should explicitly tell you what to do.

A scale is useful if you need less than a 1 pump quantity.

Scales are also very useful for larger quantities. It can be much quicker to weigh out the resin than slowly pump it. For some of us, time is money.

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aikijay -- 4/22/2014, 5:33 am
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John Messinger -- 4/22/2014, 6:43 am
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john vanburen -- 4/22/2014, 7:04 am
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Ken Blanton -- 4/22/2014, 7:27 am
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Sean Dawe -- 4/22/2014, 8:13 am
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Mike Bielski -- 4/22/2014, 9:49 am
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Sean Dawe -- 4/22/2014, 10:39 am
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A. Edie -- 4/22/2014, 12:36 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 4/22/2014, 12:57 pm
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Donovan -- 5/1/2014, 8:53 pm
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Rod Tait -- 4/22/2014, 10:58 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/23/2014, 12:18 am
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Nick R. -- 4/22/2014, 1:39 pm
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Jay Stallman -- 4/22/2014, 2:00 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 4/22/2014, 2:07 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 4/22/2014, 5:15 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 4/22/2014, 6:12 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 4/22/2014, 7:46 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 4/22/2014, 8:08 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 4/23/2014, 4:27 am
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 4/23/2014, 8:11 am
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Etienne Muller -- 4/23/2014, 10:20 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 4/24/2014, 12:04 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/27/2014, 12:12 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/23/2014, 12:24 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/23/2014, 1:04 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/23/2014, 12:21 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/23/2014, 12:19 am
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Etienne Muller -- 4/22/2014, 1:53 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 4/22/2014, 2:04 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 4/22/2014, 3:10 pm
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Jay Babina -- 4/22/2014, 3:28 pm
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Sean Dawe -- 4/23/2014, 8:21 am
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olli -- 4/23/2014, 10:14 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/23/2014, 11:13 pm
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Ric Moodie -- 4/22/2014, 6:17 pm
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Jay Stallman -- 4/22/2014, 8:13 pm
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Ric Moodie -- 4/22/2014, 9:15 pm
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John D. -- 4/24/2014, 2:32 pm
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john vanburen -- 4/23/2014, 10:45 am
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Nick Riccardi -- 4/23/2014, 2:27 pm