On 19 Jan, 2004, at 8:33, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
<x-tad-bigger>Hi Tom,</x-tad-bigger>
<x-tad-bigger>� From my own experience with epoxy I've found the humidity in the room has a major effect on the finish outcome. Also never use five minute epoxy instead of rod finish epoxy. The rod finish epoxy may take longer to set but it also gives it a better chance of spreading itself more evenly on the rod while it's turning. Sometimes while it's curing if you notice it's getting lumpy try heating it with a hairdryer, that is also good for taking out airbubbles.</x-tad-bigger>
Be careful with heating. Heating will thin the (uncured) epoxy mixture, since, like most other liquids, viscosity goes down with temperature. However, heat will also increase the curing rate. So if you're well into the curing process, applying heat will no longer thin the mixture, only thicken it from faster curing...
henk
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