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Paul Oman Paul Oman is offline
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Default Epoxy Transparency Problem

Dan wrote:



send me a little piece of the cloth and I will try it with my epoxy
on some wood and send it back to you.
- that should provide some clues......


Paul, that's exactly what I did and I could rip the cloth right off
the wood. I also tried it with a piece of West Biax and could not rip
it off the wood so I suspected the cloth the problem. I threw the
cloth away and bought new cloth.
I'd love to send you a piece of the new cloth I have so I don't have
to do this again.
Thanks,
Dan


Time needed to get good adhesion is an unrelated issue more tied with
curing times. WEST epoxies seem to develop good adhesion within a day,
our epoxies need 2 days. But WEST has a shorter potlife and bigger
exotherm so I suspect it is further down the curing curve after 12 or 24
hours than our epoxy. Note that epoxies really take about a week for
full cure.

Again, I would be pleased to coat your cloth with our BASIC NO BLUSH and
send it back to you - send to 48 wildwood, pittsfield NH 03263