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Re: Epoxy: Tune up for pumps
By:Dean
Date: 2/17/2012, 10:07 pm
In Response To: Epoxy: Tune up for pumps (John Faas)

I had the same problem with MAS epoxy. A divorce, a layoff, and some other things caused my build to stall... and the resin congealed in the pump. You could order another set of pumps. But I just took some Dollar Tree pint plastic cups and marked them with the 2:1 ratio. I poured two ounces of water in one (using a Nyquill dose cup), marked the resin line, then poured another ounce in, and marked the hardener line (with the same red and blue that MAS uses to ID them). Then for larger pours, I did the same thing with four and two ounces of water respectively. I transferred the marks to three more cups for each size mix. Then I went smaller with little cups and 2:1 teaspoons for small jobs like glassing the foot peg studs in and deck hardware glueing. Works like a charm, and it's actually surer than the pumps.

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Epoxy: Tune up for pumps
John Faas -- 2/17/2012, 7:53 pm
Re: Epoxy: Tune up for pumps
Kirk Fredericks -- 2/17/2012, 8:24 pm
Re: Epoxy: Tune up for pumps
John Abercrombie -- 2/17/2012, 8:36 pm
Re: Epoxy: Tune up for pumps
Dean -- 2/17/2012, 10:07 pm
Re: Epoxy: Tune up for pumps
George in Va. -- 2/17/2012, 11:55 pm
Re: Epoxy: Tune up for pumps
Mike Bielski -- 2/18/2012, 12:20 am
Re: Epoxy: Tune up for pumps
Charles Robinson -- 2/18/2012, 8:17 am
Re: Epoxy: Tune up for pumps *PIC*
Thomas Duncan -- 2/18/2012, 8:49 am
Re: Epoxy: Tune up for pumps
Etienne Muller -- 2/18/2012, 9:08 am
Re: Epoxy: Tune up for pumps
Oliver Bloch -- 2/18/2012, 11:43 am
Re: Epoxy: Tune up for pumps (chuck them)
Ric Moodie -- 2/18/2012, 11:21 pm
Re: Epoxy: Tune up for pumps (chuck them)
Bill Hamm -- 2/19/2012, 3:35 am
Exactly
Jay Babina -- 2/19/2012, 8:12 am
Re: Exactly
Thomas Duncan -- 2/19/2012, 10:15 am
Re: Exactly
Mike Bielski -- 2/19/2012, 6:39 pm
Re: Epoxy: Tune up for pumps
Matthew Bastian -- 2/20/2012, 8:32 pm
Re: Epoxy: Tune up for pumps
Ric Moodie -- 2/20/2012, 10:47 pm
Re: Epoxy: Tune up for pumps
Mike Savage -- 2/21/2012, 5:23 am