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Re: Mixing epoxy
By:BruceK
Date: 8/28/2000, 8:47 pm
In Response To: Mixing epoxy (Brent Curtis)

While labor saving devices are neat, mixing epoxy glue with a beater seems like overkill. Most of your epoxy batches will probably be less than 6 ounces, even when wetting out the hull. My preference is for coffee stir sticks for small 1-2 ounce batches, and icecream sticks for larger ones. Mix for 30 seconds, tap the container on a table to let the bubbles out, and your ready to go. I like to use disposable plastic medicine cups for mixing, which I buy in sleeves of 50. Throw the stick & the cup out after use, and start over, with no clean up. Safe, clean, and you don't have a risk of getting throwing resin around the room.

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Mixing epoxy
Brent Curtis -- 8/28/2000, 8:00 pm
Don't use a mixer
Andreas Albat -- 8/29/2000, 11:21 am
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Greg -- 8/28/2000, 9:16 pm
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Dave E -- 8/29/2000, 3:47 pm
Re: Mixing epoxy
Spidey -- 8/28/2000, 8:55 pm
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Jerry Siegel -- 8/28/2000, 10:33 pm
Re: Mixing epoxy
BruceK -- 8/28/2000, 8:47 pm