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Re: Other: T-88 Structural Epoxy Adhesive
By:Ancient kayaker
Date: 5/4/2014, 11:01 pm
In Response To: Other: T-88 Structural Epoxy Adhesive (Jack Hawkins)

Does anyone have an easy way to measure T-88? It is so thick, that I have a hard time trying to accurately measure equal parts resin and hardener. I've been just dropping a blob of resin in the bottom of a plastic cup and trying to match an equal blob of hardener. Not sure how accurate I have to be. I'm only using a small amount at a time. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Jack

I get a pack of cheap plastic glasses, I put one inside another, add measured amounts of water to the inner cup and mark off the outer cup. After that it's easy, I just put a clean cup inside the marked cup and fill to the lines. Sometimes the cups seem flimsy - varies with brand - in which case i stack three, fill the inner one and mix then remove it to use.

A long time ago I used to use calibrated hypodermic syringes byt it was just too slow.

I found T-88 is not very fussy about anything, tolerates small errors, less than ideal temperatures and even a wee bit of moisture, great holding and strong across gaps. My all-time favorite . . .

Messages In This Thread

Other: T-88 Structural Epoxy Adhesive
Jack Hawkins -- 5/3/2014, 12:56 pm
Re: Other: T-88 Structural Epoxy Adhesive
Nick Riccardi -- 5/3/2014, 2:33 pm
Re: Other: T-88 Structural Epoxy Adhesive
JohnAbercrombie -- 5/3/2014, 7:16 pm
Re: Other: T-88 Structural Epoxy Adhesive
Jack Hawkins -- 5/4/2014, 9:15 am
Re: Other: T-88 Structural Epoxy Adhesive
Ancient kayaker -- 5/4/2014, 11:01 pm
Re: Other: T-88 Structural Epoxy Adhesive
Jack Hawkins -- 5/5/2014, 8:48 am
Re: Other: T-88 Structural Epoxy Adhesive
Ancient kayaker -- 5/5/2014, 9:57 am
Re: Other: T-88 Structural Epoxy Adhesive
Jack Hawkins -- 5/5/2014, 4:58 pm
Re: Other: T-88 Structural Epoxy Adhesive
Ancient kayaker -- 5/5/2014, 7:48 pm