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Re: How does 3M do it?
By:Ray
Date: 3/20/2000, 7:45 pm
In Response To: Re: How does 3M do it? (John B.)

> Hi Spidey,

> Sorry to hear about your problems with 3M latex, but I have to defend 3M
> #2216 epoxies ... got a couple gallons of "outdated" stuff
> cheap, and after experimenting with it,especially the leftovers in the
> bottom of the mixing cup, it seems to be flexible, yet a lot
> "tougher" to rip and break than some other vendors. Seems like
> the new stuff I paid full price for tends to "crack like
> plastic" after being flexed beyond a certain point, while I can't
> tear or break a piece of 2216 by hand. And of course bonded wood seams I
> tested break in the wood, not the epoxy/wood interface. Unfortunately, the
> 2216 seems too viscous to wet out fiberglass on the hull, but I'll
> definitely use it for fillets, joints, etc.

John, Can't the stuff be thinned safely? Ray

Messages In This Thread

How does 3M do it?
Spidey -- 3/20/2000, 6:45 pm
Re: How does 3M do it?
Ian Johnston -- 3/22/2000, 3:08 am
Re: How does 3M do it?
Spidey -- 3/22/2000, 11:28 am
Re: Dust mask elastic prestretching
lucy -- 3/21/2000, 8:19 pm
Re: Dust mask elastic prestretching
Spidey -- 3/21/2000, 10:09 pm
Re: How does 3M do it?
Chris in Cajun Country -- 3/20/2000, 8:23 pm
Re: Respirator
Spidey -- 3/20/2000, 9:03 pm
Re: Respirator
Chris in Cajun Country -- 3/21/2000, 12:49 pm
Re: Respirator
Kent LeBoutillier -- 3/21/2000, 6:22 am
Re: Respirator
Kent LeBoutillier -- 3/21/2000, 6:52 am
Re: Respirator
Spidey -- 3/21/2000, 12:25 pm
Re: Respirator
Kent LeBoutillier -- 3/21/2000, 12:36 pm
Everything fits with duct tape :-)))) (no text)
Greg -- 3/21/2000, 12:26 am
Re: I even eat the stuff now! 8-) (no text)
Spidey -- 3/21/2000, 1:47 am
Re: How does 3M do it?
John B. -- 3/20/2000, 7:23 pm
Re: No UV Inhibitors
Spidey -- 3/20/2000, 8:06 pm
Re: No UV Inhibitors
John B. -- 3/20/2000, 8:51 pm
freezing epoxy
Jason -- 3/21/2000, 11:08 am
Re: freezing epoxy
Dave Colant -- 3/21/2000, 12:42 pm
Re: freezing epoxy
Jason -- 3/21/2000, 2:02 pm
Re: No UV Inhibitors
garland reese -- 3/20/2000, 11:08 pm
Re: How does 3M do it?
Ray -- 3/20/2000, 7:45 pm
Re: How does 3M do it?
Spidey -- 3/20/2000, 8:13 pm