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Re: Cheap eopxy accessories
By:Nolan Penney
Date: 1/8/1999, 7:00 am
In Response To: Cheap eopxy accessories (Don Beale)

> For example: I use oven cleaning gloves, $1.20 for two pair from the
> grocery store. I clean them with acetone, and get four or five uses out of
> each pair. The paint dept of your local hardware store has several
> varieties of putty knives. The plastic ones for $1.29 work fine. Paper
> cups for mixing. Popcicle sticks, or scraps of 3/4" for stirring
> applying. Specially shaped scrap wood for 'schmutzing those odd corners.

> Any others?

I went with small latex gloves myself. A box of 100 for around $8. I like the way they fit better then the hang off my fingers the way universal fit gloves do. Kept vinegar around. Not that impressive for cleanup, but great for cleaning the lips with when one forgets there's epoxy on the hands and wipes ones mouth. Used acid brushes for dabbing epoxy onto tape seams and such. Tried using cheap autobody spreaders, but they don't work nearly as well as the West spreaders do. Tried the notch in the cup for scraping my blade clean, verified that it just meant I could pour epoxy on my hand quicker when I'd tip the cup. Used old yogurt containers and such for bigger epoxy jobs, like covering the hull.

Messages In This Thread

Cheap eopxy accessories
Don Beale -- 1/7/1999, 7:47 pm
Re: Cheap eopxy accessories
Kelly T -- 1/9/1999, 10:49 am
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L.C. -- 1/8/1999, 8:09 pm
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Jerry Weinraub -- 1/8/1999, 7:30 pm
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Nolan Penney -- 1/8/1999, 7:00 am
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Phillip Kearney -- 1/8/1999, 4:50 pm
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Don Beale -- 1/8/1999, 12:31 pm
Re: Cheap eopxy accessories
Jim Reid -- 1/10/1999, 6:17 am
Re: marking paper cups for calibration
Nolan Penney -- 1/8/1999, 1:36 pm
No need to measure
jeff warrick -- 1/8/1999, 9:36 pm
Did that too, works great
Brian T. Cunningham -- 1/8/1999, 2:06 pm
Re: Cheap eopxy accessories
Brian T. Cunningham -- 1/7/1999, 9:11 pm