Re: Epoxy Not Curing?

Posted by CLC on Feb 17, 2005

>>>>Just in the interest of precision, catalysis only happens for polyester resins. Epoxy resins cross link.


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Roger that. I was once lucky to have a chemical engineer take a boatbuilding class with me. There was a chalkboard in the room and he took fifteen minutes and drew out the most coherent explanation of how epoxy works that I've ever seen.

Unfortunately I retained it for about fifteen minutes.

Watch the ratios, mix thoroughly, and turn the heat up....

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How to Deal With Epoxy in a Cold Shop

In Response to: Re: Epoxy Not Curing? by Laszlo on Feb 17, 2005

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