Boat Building Forum

Find advice on all aspects of building your own kayak, canoe or any lightweight boats

10ml syringes
By:Simeon
Date: 2/17/2011, 3:04 pm
In Response To: Re: Epoxy: Mixing small ammounts of epoxy (Sam McFadden)

I have a bunch that are marked in 0.5ml increments. They work really well, and are very inexpensive. Eventually, the plungers get stuck and they become useless, but I'm averaging one set a year so far which isn't so bad. They're clean, accurate and inexpensive.

I have on occasion mixed 3ml of resin. That's not a whole lot in anyone's terms, and it set up perfectly.

Lab supply places are a good (cheap) source, or in my case, talk to a medical person who works at the local hospital. They go through a bunch of syringes every day just squirting saline on things. Not usually the 10ml ones, but you'll get a stack of 20s and 50s in pretty short order - it depends on your definition of a 'small amount' of epoxy. Veterinarians are another place to check for cast offs.

If you're talking really small amounts, I do also have a couple of 1ml syringes - marked in 0.1ml increments. I made up a 0.6ml batch of resin at one stage, and it set up nicely. I'd imagine you can buy them at the same place - I salvaged mine from work where they'd had heatpaste in them.

Messages In This Thread

Epoxy: Mixing small ammounts of epoxy
Malcolm Schweizer -- 2/17/2011, 10:40 am
Re: Epoxy: Mixing small ammounts of epoxy
Wesley Ewell -- 2/17/2011, 10:52 am
Re: Epoxy: Mixing small ammounts of epoxy
Kirk Fredericks - Farback Carpentry and Automation -- 2/17/2011, 12:35 pm
Re: Epoxy: Mixing small ammounts of epoxy
Bill Hamm -- 2/17/2011, 1:37 pm
Re: Epoxy: Mixing small ammounts of epoxy
Matt Brammer -- 2/17/2011, 10:58 am
Re: Epoxy: Mixing small ammounts of epoxy
Malcolm Schweizer -- 2/17/2011, 12:21 pm
Re: Epoxy: Mixing small ammounts of epoxy
Sam McFadden -- 2/17/2011, 11:12 am
Re: Epoxy: Mixing small ammounts of epoxy
don -- 2/17/2011, 11:52 am
10ml syringes
Simeon -- 2/17/2011, 3:04 pm
Re: Epoxy: Mixing small ammounts of epoxy
Mike Savage -- 2/17/2011, 3:26 pm
Re: Epoxy: Mixing small ammounts of epoxy
Paul G. Jacobson -- 2/17/2011, 11:29 am
Re: Epoxy: Mixing small ammounts of epoxy
mtkayak (Mike Trutwin) -- 2/17/2011, 1:21 pm
Re: Epoxy: Mixing small ammounts of epoxy
Ian Johnson -- 2/17/2011, 4:33 pm
scale
Mike Bielski -- 2/17/2011, 2:03 pm
Re: Epoxy: Mixing small ammounts of epoxy
Eric -- 2/17/2011, 2:52 pm
Re: Epoxy: Mixing small amounts of epoxy
Allan -- 2/17/2011, 4:47 pm
Re: Epoxy: Mixing small ammounts of epoxy
richt -- 2/17/2011, 6:11 pm
Re: Epoxy: Mixing small ammounts of epoxy
ancient kayaker -- 2/17/2011, 6:38 pm
Re: No Syringes
Ken Blanton -- 2/17/2011, 7:21 pm
Re: No Syringes
Malcolm Schweizer -- 2/18/2011, 9:35 am
Re: No Syringes
Bill Hamm -- 2/18/2011, 9:56 am
Re: No Syringes
Allan -- 2/18/2011, 3:45 pm
Re: Epoxy: Mixing small ammounts of epoxy
Glen Smith -- 2/17/2011, 7:57 pm
Re: Epoxy: Mixing small ammounts of epoxy *PIC*
Dave Houser -- 2/17/2011, 9:58 pm
Re: Epoxy: Mixing small ammounts of epoxy
Malcolm Schweizer -- 2/18/2011, 9:39 am
Re: Epoxy: Mixing small ammounts of epoxy
Mark Joyse -- 2/18/2011, 9:47 am
Re: Epoxy: Mixing small ammounts of epoxy
Bill Hamm -- 2/18/2011, 9:58 am
I use glue syringes
Brian Nystrom -- 2/18/2011, 7:11 am
Re: Epoxy: Mixing small ammounts of epoxy
Jay Babina -- 2/18/2011, 7:45 am
Looks like Ken Blanton is doing the same
Jay Babina -- 2/18/2011, 7:47 am
Re: Epoxy: Mixing small ammounts of epoxy
george jung -- 2/18/2011, 11:14 pm
Re: Epoxy: Mixing small ammounts of epoxy
Ken Blanton -- 2/19/2011, 5:46 am
Re: Epoxy: Mixing small ammounts of epoxy
Bill Hamm -- 2/19/2011, 6:18 am
Re: Epoxy: Mixing small ammounts of epoxy
Ken Blanton -- 2/19/2011, 8:31 am
Re: Epoxy: Mixing small ammounts of epoxy
Bill Hamm -- 2/19/2011, 10:06 am
Re: Epoxy: Mixing small ammounts of epoxy
Les Cheeseman -- 2/18/2011, 10:50 am
Re: Epoxy: Mixing small ammounts of epoxy
Mark Joyse -- 2/18/2011, 10:55 am
Re: Epoxy: Mixing small ammounts of epoxy
dhwdaniels -- 2/18/2011, 2:28 pm
Re: Epoxy: Mixing small ammounts of epoxy
JohnK -- 2/18/2011, 6:05 pm
Re: Epoxy: Mixing small ammounts of epoxy
Robert N Pruden -- 2/18/2011, 12:02 pm
Re: Epoxy: Mixing small ammounts of epoxy
Bill Hamm -- 2/18/2011, 2:05 pm
Re: Epoxy: Mixing small ammounts of epoxy
Donovan -- 2/18/2011, 9:26 pm
Re: Epoxy: Mixing small ammounts of epoxy
Bill Hamm -- 2/18/2011, 9:36 pm
Re: Epoxy: Mixing small ammounts of epoxy
ancient kayaker -- 2/18/2011, 10:45 pm