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Re: Skin-on-Frame: For Kudzu
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 11/8/2009, 12:44 am
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: For Kudzu (Kudzu)

: Good info and that makes as much sense as anything Bill. What I had fail was
: the quick set epoxy that is thick. I have used it a lot and this was the
: last of the of that batch. I had no failures before so I have to assume it
: was something I did and not the epoxy. Air makes as much sense as
: anything.

: I just mix it with what ever is handy. I do very small amounts at a time and
: usually stir it with a scrap of wood. If I have a something like a putty
: knife handy I will fold it as John was saying, but not typically.

: As for marine epoxy I like Raka because of the lower cost. It is thinner than
: any other epoxy I have used which can be good and bad. I could not mix it
: on something flat. To thin!

Using the last of a batch of resin can be trouble on occasion, sometimes it's hard to get the exact correct ratio of resin to hardener and if it's off even a little the strengths are compromised.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: For Kudzu
Bill Hamm -- 11/6/2009, 12:04 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: For Kudzu
John lasky -- 11/6/2009, 12:57 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: For Kudzu
Robert N Pruden -- 11/10/2009, 12:24 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: For Kudzu
John lasky -- 11/10/2009, 1:40 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: For Kudzu
Bill Hamm -- 11/6/2009, 1:03 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: For Kudzu
John lasky -- 11/6/2009, 1:41 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: For Kudzu
Bill Hamm -- 11/6/2009, 2:04 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: For Kudzu
Kudzu -- 11/6/2009, 2:12 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: For Kudzu
Bill Hamm -- 11/8/2009, 12:44 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: For Kudzu
Bill Hamm -- 11/6/2009, 2:05 pm