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Re: Epoxy: Old Epoxy
By:Ian Johnson
Date: 4/4/2011, 12:40 am
In Response To: Re: Epoxy: Old Epoxy (Mike Savage)

: Hi Chris,
: It should be fine. I've just done a wee bit of epoxying with 7-8
: year old WEST and it's turned out as well as the parts I did
: when it was new.
: If it's stored in good conditions, I don't think epoxy actually
: goes bad. But do a small test piece for colour, mine is a small
: bit darker but that could be the difference in the timber
: colour.

: Mike Savage
: South West Cork

I agree. I used some WEST 105/206 that had been sitting around for twenty years (yes 20!) for some non-critical work and it set up and cured just fine. Pretty impressive really.

Cheers, Ian

Messages In This Thread

Epoxy: Old Epoxy
chris menard -- 4/2/2011, 10:49 pm
Re: Epoxy: Old Epoxy
Bill Hamm -- 4/3/2011, 12:12 am
Re: Epoxy: Old Epoxy
menard -- 4/3/2011, 7:26 am
Re: Epoxy: Old Epoxy
Bill Hamm -- 4/3/2011, 9:14 am
Re: Epoxy: Old Epoxy
Mike Savage -- 4/3/2011, 7:54 am
Re: Epoxy: Old Epoxy
menard -- 4/3/2011, 8:19 am
Re: Epoxy: Old Epoxy
Farback -- 4/3/2011, 10:20 am
Re: Epoxy: Old Epoxy
Ian Johnson -- 4/4/2011, 12:40 am