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John, I just visited both the Lowe's and the Home
Depot near my house in North Seattle, last week, and neither had the
Devcon. :-(
Richard
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Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 5:08
PM
Subject: Re: Epoxy?
Kent/Gang,
Assuming you don't tie on a rotary vice, I would recommend
buying a dryer specifically for epoxy. I have built a few dryers and the
only downfall is the noise...
Commercial ones are a lot less quiet and
doesn't bother the SO and me having to leave the flies in the garage to cure
improperly (unless it is summer time).
I don't bother
with rotation devices unless I am mass producing (5 or more dozen) flies at a
time. Even then, I use 30 minute epoxy for the big jobs. For
5 minute jobs, I mix the epoxy for one minute or so. During the next few
minutes, I ensure all stray material is out of the way. Prior to the
epoxy setting apply while it is still workable and rotate the fly in my vise.
Cure time is 2 - 6 hours depending on how warm the house is. Ideal
temps are 65 - 70 degrees.
If your flies are sticky after the 6 hours
(a max for 5 min epoxy) the mixture wasn't even. Your flies can still be
fished in a couple of days or so. It eventually hardens properly.
Here are a couple tips for epoxy:
1) The longer the cure time,
the longer it is going to take before the epoxy "yellows."
2) Want a faster set/cure time?
Mix the epoxy on tin foil and apply a heat source under the tin foil.
Not only does this remove the bubbles, but it accelerates the set time
by a chemical reaction of the heat.
Devcon can be purchased at Lowe's,
Home Depot or Kmart. Cost is roughly 2.70 a tube.
John
Abbott
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