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Re: Does it ever go bad?
By:Robin Boys
Date: 3/3/2011, 10:57 pm
In Response To: Re: Does it ever go bad? (Malcolm Schweizer)

Try using LESS hardener. I have had success with it.
Robin

: YES!!! I have had West System G5 go bad to the point that it will
: not harden. This happened after quite some time on the shelf in
: tropical conditions. It turns a very horrible color of
: reddish-brown. It would kick a little, but no matter how much
: hardener I used it would not cure.

: I've also had West System 205 hardener go bad the same way- turning
: very dark purple-red and the darker it got the harder it was to
: get it to cure. In that particular case I didn't try as hard as
: above to add more hardener to get it to kick. I just gave up and
: threw it out.

: That said, my belief is that if it cures it's fine. Once it's cured
: it's cured. I'm sure as PGJ said you could split hairs over the
: strength, but if it cures it's stuck well enough.

Messages In This Thread

Epoxy: OLD? Hardener
John Faas -- 3/3/2011, 1:19 am
Re: Epoxy: OLD? Hardener
Paul G. Jacobson -- 3/3/2011, 1:41 am
Re: Epoxy: OLD? Hardener
John Faas -- 3/3/2011, 9:44 am
Re: Epoxy: OLD? Hardener
Joe Whitman -- 3/3/2011, 12:39 pm
Does it ever go bad?
Kudzu / Jeff Horton -- 3/3/2011, 1:04 pm
Re: Does it ever go bad?
Eric -- 3/3/2011, 2:21 pm
Re: Does it ever go bad?
Roy Martin (fadedred) -- 3/3/2011, 2:38 pm
Re: Does it ever go bad?
Bill Hamm -- 3/3/2011, 3:36 pm
Re: Does it ever go bad?
Bill Hamm -- 3/3/2011, 3:38 pm
Re: Does it ever go bad?
Malcolm Schweizer -- 3/3/2011, 4:23 pm
Thanks
Kudzu / Jeff Horton -- 3/3/2011, 8:22 pm
Re: Thanks
ancient kayaker -- 3/3/2011, 11:45 pm
Re: Thanks
Mike Savage -- 3/4/2011, 5:15 am
Re: Thanks
Bill Hamm -- 3/4/2011, 6:34 am
Re: Does it ever go bad?
Robin Boys -- 3/3/2011, 10:57 pm
Re: Does it ever go bad?
George Groshong -- 3/4/2011, 1:23 pm