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Re: Epoxy: What's the lowest temp?
By:mike loriz
Date: 12/18/2004, 7:06 pm
In Response To: Epoxy: What's the lowest temp? (Charles Leach)

Hey, Charles-

I use MAS, and until last year, only used slow hardener. My old shop temps were between 62-65F, and slow worked beautifully (for me, anyhow, being a bit stupid about epoxy).

In my new shop, I found myself glassing in 55-58F temps. The slow worked, but took over a day until I could do anything with it. I added one squirt of fast hardener for each nine of slow, and it worked well. It was striking how a little bit had such an effect. I just bought a quart of the fast; figure it will last a while. At the temps I'm talking about, I would not use more that 10% fast for glassing work, unless you are much better at it than I am. I am pretty slow myself :). Mike

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Epoxy: What's the lowest temp?
Charles Leach -- 12/18/2004, 5:55 pm
11 C or about 43 F
Robert N Pruden -- 12/19/2004, 1:00 pm
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Charles Leach -- 12/19/2004, 11:05 am
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LeeG -- 12/19/2004, 8:26 am
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John Monroe -- 12/19/2004, 4:49 am
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martin lister -- 12/18/2004, 11:28 pm
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gerald -- 12/18/2004, 10:51 pm
Re: Epoxy: What's the lowest temp?
mike loriz -- 12/18/2004, 7:06 pm