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Re: Epoxy: Problems with West Systems
By:ancient kayaker
Date: 5/25/2014, 8:18 am
In Response To: Epoxy: Problems with West Systems (John Faas)

. . . I bought a digital scale from Harbor Freight I have it set for grams. I have now made two batches that never set up--stayed tacky. In between I got a larger amount to work fine.

I thought the scale was going to be great. Works very well with 2:1(MAS) not so sure about 1:5 (West Systems)

I prefer the pumps for West, they work great and they're cheap enough. The 2:1 mixes are less fussy I have found, and the 1:1 epoxies from System Three seemed specially non-critical.

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Epoxy: Problems with West Systems
John Faas -- 5/24/2014, 11:50 pm
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Paul Sylvester -- 5/25/2014, 6:45 am
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ancient kayaker -- 5/25/2014, 8:11 am
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ancient kayaker -- 5/25/2014, 8:14 am
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ancient kayaker -- 5/25/2014, 8:18 am
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john vanburen -- 5/25/2014, 8:56 am
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Sean Dawe -- 5/25/2014, 10:27 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 5/25/2014, 10:39 am
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John Faas -- 5/25/2014, 11:58 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 5/25/2014, 12:14 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 5/26/2014, 1:45 am
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Mike Bielski -- 5/26/2014, 10:25 pm
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MattD. -- 5/25/2014, 1:08 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 5/25/2014, 1:32 pm
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sean-dawe@hotmail.com -- 5/25/2014, 3:54 pm
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John Faas -- 5/25/2014, 4:58 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 5/25/2014, 6:13 pm
Contact West
Mike Bielski -- 5/25/2014, 11:54 pm
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A. Edie -- 5/27/2014, 10:48 pm
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John Faas -- 5/28/2014, 10:38 am
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A. Edie -- 5/28/2014, 11:24 am
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Robert Horstmann -- 5/29/2014, 10:36 am
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ancient kayaker -- 5/29/2014, 7:45 pm
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A. Edie -- 5/30/2014, 10:41 am