Other 2 to 1 Slow set epoxy resin ( us composites)

[sportfish258]

Be forewarned in less you are laying up a part ...... ON THE FACE OF THE SUN don't use this resin. Seriously unless you are retired and have nothing better to do other tend this slow drying resin use a faster setting product.


I use mainly fast set products and cool them down before use in the summer months. fast set is much better solution If you are organized with your process. The problem with the slow set is if you add heat it gets thin and runs ..... And still takes hours before it sets. By that time it's sagged and run all over the place.

 

[D-Roc]

Yeah. I got some slow set west systems from a "friend". Phffft. Some friend. Preheating the resin helped a bit.

 

[sportfish258]

That's funny .... Got mine from " a friend" . I guess if you we're doing a project and decided half way thru it to take a one week vacation it would be fine.... Cuz it would still be green when you returned.


You know resin is a lot like concrete ...... There's anyways something that goes wrong..... And it's permanent or takes a lot of labor to correct.

 

[D-Roc]

Haha I poured a basement floor yesterday. A cold wet damp day in a basement. Yeah, I got home after midnight. Ah the joys of slow set.
I usually always use fast set for my projects but I had to borrow some for a repair this winter and it did honestly take a week to cure hard. After two days I was going to peel it off and redo it cause I thought it was bad mix. I was lazy and half pissed off I had to redo it so I left it and its all good.

 

[rashin]

I accidently bought the slow set. Found out after I glassed my footholds in...

 

[kevbo]

The fast is for thin laminates less than 1/4 inch, which is mostly what we do. Depending on temperature, it will exotherm around 1/4" or thicker. The slow is for thick castings, it behaves normally in large masses but takes forever in small ones.

 

[Vumad]

I like to use normal resins in 60* then move it to 80-90* to let cure. It greatly lengthens the working time (and comfort level), but dries fast and hard w/o the need to bake.

If you have more of the stuff, try saving it for jobs using multiple layers. The resin makes heat as it dries, so it may dry faster when you are working larger amounts as it will generate its own heat.

 

[SuperDrifter]

It's always fun, watching it 'not set' ....3to1