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epoxy thickener
Speaking of non-conventional..................
I have used spay paint to color epoxy to match the pieces being glued. I just spayed into the mix and stirred it up until I got the desired color. This was done as a cosmetic 'fix' so the repair would not be visible and it is sandable without changing color. Not a marine application, by the way. Bill "William R. Watt" wrote in message ... Jim Conlin ) writes: Brian, we are being trolled. Define "trolled". What you are reading may be non-conventional but that is how progress is made. Many of the advances in boat design and construction that have made their way into conventional big boat commercial shops came from the non-conventional small boat projects of amateurs. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- William R Watt National Capital FreeNet Ottawa's free community network homepage: www.ncf.ca/~ag384/top.htm warning: non-freenet email must have "notspam" in subject or it's returned |
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Most progress is made by folks who have both an innovative idea and the
engineering skills and material resources to test it in a rigorous way. Trolling includes asking fatuous questions like "Can i use dust bunnies instead of fiberglass?". "William R. Watt" wrote: Jim Conlin ) writes: Brian, we are being trolled. Define "trolled". What you are reading may be non-conventional but that is how progress is made. Many of the advances in boat design and construction that have made their way into conventional big boat commercial shops came from the non-conventional small boat projects of amateurs. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ William R Watt National Capital FreeNet Ottawa's free community network homepage: www.ncf.ca/~ag384/top.htm warning: non-freenet email must have "notspam" in subject or it's returned |
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'Troll" or innovator not withstanding,
'Sevin', like just about ALL plant or garden bug/disease 'preventatives' is TOXIC. While supposedly of no great concern when applied AS it was DESIGNED to be used, make it airborne as a very fine particulate and THAT is another story !! When you mix a fine powder like Talc, etc. into epoxy {etc.}some of it becomes airborne. We've all experienced that 'little cloud' and thought nothing of it. Some of it definitely gets inhaled . . . that's why you can SMELL it. That's the first time. Secondly, when you are grinding and/or sanding down those lumps, runs, & fillets . . . you are getting a dose of a combination of particulates . . . the epoxy, the glass {a 'benign' substance when a solid}, and whatever the filler material is. Even if you use a mask . . . if you can smell it . . . guess what that THAT means !?! There's no reason why you can't 'experiment' with ANYTHING you want . . . anybody remember how 'Silly Putty' started? Just think FIRST about beyond the 'immediate' activity. Regards & Good Luck, Ron Magen Backyard Boatshop {Who STILL has ALL his fingers, toes, hair, etc. HOWEVER, many years ago my Grandmother warned me about sitting on a cold, hard, marble floor. What she foretold didn't happen that day, or the next week, or even the next year. It happened THIS year !! } "William R. Watt" wrote in message ... Jim Conlin ) writes: Brian, we are being trolled. SNIP |
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On Thu, 27 May 2004 20:46:47 -0700, Parallax wrote:
I appreciate all of this info. However, given the choice between doing something right and doing it weird, I am unable to stop myself and inevitably choose weird. So you ask for advice to make sure what you want to do is is really weird? If you want to do weird things why bother about smell? Happened to have some copper dust from a previous experiment to make antifouling that could be applied underwater (yes, it worked) so I I have heard about a commercial Cu + epoxy antifouling so that's not too weird. -- ================================================== ================== Martin Schöön * * * * * * * * * *"Problems worthy of attack * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * prove their worth by hitting back" * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Piet Hein ================================================== ================== |
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Jim Conlin ) writes:
Most progress is made by folks who have both an innovative idea and the engineering skills and material resources to test it in a rigorous way. I prefer the kind that start "We were stranded on an isolated island with nothing but a box of paper clips and a forward hold full of dust bunnies" and end "Twenty years later and it's never given us a hint of trouble." I've been taking a bit of flack on the FreeNet for doubting the advisability of some of the enhancements they've been adding, which have subsequenlty lead to security problems on our home computers. My response to "engineers", software and otherwise, is the engineer standing up to his waist in floodwater seriously explaining how the dam could not possibly fail. Trolling includes asking fatuous questions like "Can i use dust bunnies instead of fiberglass?". I don't think that's trolling. Trolling is where you post a newsgroup article for the sole purpose of seeing how many people respond. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ William R Watt National Capital FreeNet Ottawa's free community network homepage: www.ncf.ca/~ag384/top.htm warning: non-freenet email must have "notspam" in subject or it's returned |
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William R. Watt wrote: Jim Conlin ) writes: Brian, we are being trolled. Define "trolled". What you are reading may be non-conventional but that is how progress is made. Many of the advances in boat design and construction that have made their way into conventional big boat commercial shops came from the non-conventional small boat projects of amateurs. I understand what you're saying and I realize that nearly anything fibrous can be used as a thickner, but I think it's safe to say that building a boat with epoxy mixed with insecticide powder goes well beyond the definition of "non-conventional". Maybe the next time I need to do some fillets, I'll thicken the epoxy with Metamucil. It's got plenty of fiber and it should help to produce fillets that are quite "smooth" and "regular". ;-) |
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William Watt says:
My response to "engineers", software and otherwise, is the engineer standing up to his waist in floodwater seriously explaining how the dam could not possibly fail. That was no engineer, that was a research scientist ;-P Real engineers are the ones who say "Oh, bvgger! THe dam's bust. Now, how do we fix that?" Steve |
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Brian Nystrom writes:
Maybe the next time I need to do some fillets, I'll thicken the epoxy with Metamucil. It's got plenty of fiber and it should help to produce fillets that are quite "smooth" and "regular". ;-) That would only work if the fillet were to be extruded. ;- Steve "beyond the pale, probably..." |
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I eagerly await the results of the dust bunny longevity test and have marked my 2024
calendar. "William R. Watt" wrote: Jim Conlin ) writes: Most progress is made by folks who have both an innovative idea and the engineering skills and material resources to test it in a rigorous way. I prefer the kind that start "We were stranded on an isolated island with nothing but a box of paper clips and a forward hold full of dust bunnies" and end "Twenty years later and it's never given us a hint of trouble." I've been taking a bit of flack on the FreeNet for doubting the advisability of some of the enhancements they've been adding, which have subsequenlty lead to security problems on our home computers. My response to "engineers", software and otherwise, is the engineer standing up to his waist in floodwater seriously explaining how the dam could not possibly fail. Trolling includes asking fatuous questions like "Can i use dust bunnies instead of fiberglass?". I don't think that's trolling. Trolling is where you post a newsgroup article for the sole purpose of seeing how many people respond. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ William R Watt National Capital FreeNet Ottawa's free community network homepage: www.ncf.ca/~ag384/top.htm warning: non-freenet email must have "notspam" in subject or it's returned |
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