"Matt Colie" wrote in message
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David,
The tech lines at West are always helpful. You migtht just ask them.

I have some 205, that is at least a decade old, that I got out the other
day (I only use it for small repairs that have to cure fast). It was just
fine, but the pump was trashed.

Matt Colie

David Todtman wrote:

I have a glue up to do that requires epoxy. I have some old stuff (West
Syst.)--both resin and hardener--that was purchased way more than 5 years
ago. I know how to get rid of the crystallisation from the resin and
have used the stuff from time to time on non-critical applications and it
seems to work okay.

But this task is different--a couple of chairs--and I don't want to
skimp. I have to use epoxy on this glue-up because it is slippy and has a
long open time.

Does anyone know for sure if I can use what I have or need to get some
fresh stuff?

Regards,
David Todtman /////////////////////

Place the old resin in a deep container, get larger container with water ,
place resin container in the water, bring water to boil for a few minutes,
let cool, the resin will be as good as new.

yeah, I just the other day used some west system epoxy which must be
around 10 years old. It worked fine, but the hardener was a darker
color than I remember. Either it darkened over time, or I just don't
remember it correctly.

Julien