Hi Netters,
There is only one way to thin a thick epoxy properly. You must purchase a
"reactive dilutant". It is a substance that has properties like epoxy, in
that it will react with the hardener that you are using, thus your mix some
of it with the thick epoxy resin
that you are going to use. e.go. Shell 828. You can use up to 10 % reactive
dilutant . Try to keep it below 5%. Too much and it will weaken the epoxy.
If you use acetone, alcohol etc to thin the epoxy realize that you may be
drastically reducing the resultant strength of the epoxy. Thin epoxy resin
(is a pre diluted Commercial type). They have diluted it up to the point
where they know that any further diluting will reduce their specs.
Jeff Scott is right, in that the liver must remove the acetone from your
blood stream.
The body can produces acetone in small quantities. In diabetics it can be
produce in large quantities so that it can be noticed in their breath. Not
nice.
Methylated spirits, wood alcohol, methyl alcohol, methanol, all the same
substance is a good solvent but it has the property of damaging the optic
nerve. It as all other alcohols produces intoxication. Drink it and you may
wake up blind, permanently.
Grain alcohol, ethyl alcohol, ethanol is the common intoxicant in alcoholic
beverages. If it is mixed with a toxic substance , it is then called
denatured alcohol.
Drink it at your own risk. Rubbing alcohol, propyl alcohol, iso propyl
alcohol will give you a terrible drunk. The 5 carbon alcohol called "fusel
oil" or "Gun oil" (amyl alcohol) is what is in some commercial Spirit
beverages that makes the cannons go off in your head the next day. Your
skin is rather porous to these fat dissolving substances . Remember this
when using them to clean out epoxy containers, cleaning up spills etc.
Regards,
Harold Woods
Orillia, ON Canada
haroldwo...@rogers.com
