On Thursday 28 October 2004 4:54 pm, Mark Steudel wrote: > So I've always been told, make sure you get your mixtures exactly half and > half when you are making the epoxy coating for your rod. So I labor with > synringes and try and get them as equal as possible. Then it's off to bed > and hope that I got the mixtures right. SO my questions is, if I want to > make sure that the epoxy hardens correctly, could I add just a smidgen more > hardner? The downside that I see, is that I'd probably have to make more > batches of epoxy, as the mixture would harden faster due to the extra > hardner. Anything else that I'm not thinking of?
Nope you want the mixture to be EXACTLY 50/50, no more, no less of either component. It is so important to get a 50/50 mixture that most rod builders use syringes to measure it. Its the only way I measure any more, and I have no problems with sticky finishes. Rob -- --- Mountlake Terrace, WA
