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Re: Cheap eopxy accessories
By:Jerry Weinraub
Date: 1/8/1999, 7:30 pm
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?

Egg Beaters come in plastic cups that are strong and are flexible enuf to pop out the epoxy or dookie ,so can be reused dozens of times.Medical exam gloves of vinyl are great-strong,sensitive ,and no allergies to latex. Squeegies from auto parts stores also work well -69 cents.

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
Re: Cheap eopxy accessories
L.C. -- 1/8/1999, 8:09 pm
Re: Cheap eopxy accessories
Jerry Weinraub -- 1/8/1999, 7:30 pm
Re: Cheap eopxy accessories
Nolan Penney -- 1/8/1999, 7:00 am
Re: Cheap eopxy accessories
Phillip Kearney -- 1/8/1999, 4:50 pm
Re: Cheap eopxy accessories
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