: Hi again Et,

: That's what I was saying, epoxy takes quite awile to fully cure and until
: it's fully cured it's chemically active and able to form chemical bonds. I
: use West brand too, usually now with their special hardener (clear stuff
: for coating wood, I'm at work now so can't go look up the number which I
: never remember ), this stuff takes as I remember nearly a month to fully
: cure assuming you're not working at elevated temperatures (cures faster
: with heat). I do the same thing, tend to be extra careful with bonding,
: but then again I've yet to have a bonding failure (other than with test
: panels). I do tend to scrub the areas to be bonded with a scotchbrite pad,
: takes the gloss off and only takes a couple minutes, doesn't creat a bunch
: of sanding dust either.

: Bill H.

Oh Bill, You are seducing a lazy man down the path to the dark side. I will never key epoxy again.
Et