Hey,.. you can freeze epoxy!
 

ray lunder wrote:
Yes, it's true!
Ever mix up that $100 a gallon sucker syrup and end up with extra in
the bottom of your plastic milk jug? Just for grins and because I'm
stubborn and cheap I stuck it in the freezer, ate lunch, went to town,
drove home, took a nap then pulled it out in the interests of science.
Rock solid. 10 minutes later, soft- roughly the same stage it was at-
only 3 hours later. It seems to have adhered and set up normally. This
was a deep freeze, not my refrigerator icebox. Also, I had used
sawdust for filler if that makes a difference.

That's an old trick. Sometimes, the epoxy will still be usable a day or
so later but it won't prevent it from curing indefinitely.

Hey,.. you can freeze epoxy!
 

"That's an old trick."
What's the other trick if the epoxy resin has been on the shelf too long,
may have frozen and shows various sizes of lumps.
Some people will simply dispose of it. Other people I was told will warm up
the resin and use it as new.
Maybe someone can tell us how to warm up the resin and to what temperature?.

"Brian Nystrom" wrote in message
news:O5VKg.801$FP3.657@trndny02...
ray lunder wrote:
Yes, it's true!
Ever mix up that $100 a gallon sucker syrup and end up with extra in
the bottom of your plastic milk jug? Just for grins and because I'm
stubborn and cheap I stuck it in the freezer, ate lunch, went to town,
drove home, took a nap then pulled it out in the interests of science.
Rock solid. 10 minutes later, soft- roughly the same stage it was at-
only 3 hours later. It seems to have adhered and set up normally. This
was a deep freeze, not my refrigerator icebox. Also, I had used
sawdust for filler if that makes a difference.

That's an old trick. Sometimes, the epoxy will still be usable a day or so
later but it won't prevent it from curing indefinitely.

Hey,.. you can freeze epoxy!
 

I rigged up a double boiler arrangement (pan full of water with some junk on
the bottom to keep the epoxy jug up a little). Put the thing on a gas
burner and get the water hot. I think you're looking for 180 degrees F in
the epoxy, but I just quit when the epoxy was shiny and clear again. Works
for making the old ketchup pumps work again too.

I've heard of others who just put the epoxy jugs in a car, parked in the sun
with the windows closed.

Roger

http://home.insightbb.com/~derbyrm

wrote in message
...
"That's an old trick."
What's the other trick if the epoxy resin has been on the shelf too long,
may have frozen and shows various sizes of lumps.
Some people will simply dispose of it. Other people I was told will warm
up the resin and use it as new.
Maybe someone can tell us how to warm up the resin and to what
temperature?.

"Brian Nystrom" wrote in message
news:O5VKg.801$FP3.657@trndny02...
ray lunder wrote:
Yes, it's true!
Ever mix up that $100 a gallon sucker syrup and end up with extra in
the bottom of your plastic milk jug? Just for grins and because I'm
stubborn and cheap I stuck it in the freezer, ate lunch, went to town,
drove home, took a nap then pulled it out in the interests of science.
Rock solid. 10 minutes later, soft- roughly the same stage it was at-
only 3 hours later. It seems to have adhered and set up normally. This
was a deep freeze, not my refrigerator icebox. Also, I had used
sawdust for filler if that makes a difference.

That's an old trick. Sometimes, the epoxy will still be usable a day or
so later but it won't prevent it from curing indefinitely.

Hey,.. you can freeze epoxy!
 

"I think you're looking for 180 degrees F"
After that heat treatment I wonder if the structural capabilities of epoxy
remains the same?

"derbyrm" wrote in message
m...
I rigged up a double boiler arrangement (pan full of water with some junk
on the bottom to keep the epoxy jug up a little). Put the thing on a gas
burner and get the water hot. I think you're looking for 180 degrees F in
the epoxy, but I just quit when the epoxy was shiny and clear again. Works
for making the old ketchup pumps work again too.

I've heard of others who just put the epoxy jugs in a car, parked in the
sun with the windows closed.

Roger

http://home.insightbb.com/~derbyrm

wrote in message
...
"That's an old trick."
What's the other trick if the epoxy resin has been on the shelf too long,
may have frozen and shows various sizes of lumps.
Some people will simply dispose of it. Other people I was told will warm
up the resin and use it as new.
Maybe someone can tell us how to warm up the resin and to what
temperature?.

"Brian Nystrom" wrote in message
news:O5VKg.801$FP3.657@trndny02...
ray lunder wrote:
Yes, it's true!
Ever mix up that $100 a gallon sucker syrup and end up with extra in
the bottom of your plastic milk jug? Just for grins and because I'm
stubborn and cheap I stuck it in the freezer, ate lunch, went to town,
drove home, took a nap then pulled it out in the interests of science.
Rock solid. 10 minutes later, soft- roughly the same stage it was at-
only 3 hours later. It seems to have adhered and set up normally. This
was a deep freeze, not my refrigerator icebox. Also, I had used
sawdust for filler if that makes a difference.

That's an old trick. Sometimes, the epoxy will still be usable a day or
so later but it won't prevent it from curing indefinitely.

Hey,.. you can freeze epoxy!
 

derbyrm wrote:
I rigged up a double boiler arrangement (pan full of water with some junk on
the bottom to keep the epoxy jug up a little). Put the thing on a gas
burner and get the water hot. I think you're looking for 180 degrees F in
the epoxy, but I just quit when the epoxy was shiny and clear again.

I've found that all I have to do is place the containers in a sink and
fill it with hot water (~125 degrees or so).

Hey,.. you can freeze epoxy!
 

The procedure was recommended by Kern Hendricks, PhD Chemist/guru for System
Three which is the product I'm using.

Roger

http://home.insightbb.com/~derbyrm

wrote in message
...
"I think you're looking for 180 degrees F"
After that heat treatment I wonder if the structural capabilities of epoxy
remains the same?

"derbyrm" wrote in message
m...
I rigged up a double boiler arrangement (pan full of water with some junk
on the bottom to keep the epoxy jug up a little). Put the thing on a gas
burner and get the water hot. I think you're looking for 180 degrees F in
the epoxy, but I just quit when the epoxy was shiny and clear again.
Works for making the old ketchup pumps work again too.

I've heard of others who just put the epoxy jugs in a car, parked in the
sun with the windows closed.

Roger

http://home.insightbb.com/~derbyrm

wrote in message
...
"That's an old trick."
What's the other trick if the epoxy resin has been on the shelf too
long, may have frozen and shows various sizes of lumps.
Some people will simply dispose of it. Other people I was told will
warm up the resin and use it as new.
Maybe someone can tell us how to warm up the resin and to what
temperature?.

"Brian Nystrom" wrote in message
news:O5VKg.801$FP3.657@trndny02...
ray lunder wrote:
Yes, it's true!
Ever mix up that $100 a gallon sucker syrup and end up with extra in
the bottom of your plastic milk jug? Just for grins and because I'm
stubborn and cheap I stuck it in the freezer, ate lunch, went to town,
drove home, took a nap then pulled it out in the interests of science.
Rock solid. 10 minutes later, soft- roughly the same stage it was at-
only 3 hours later. It seems to have adhered and set up normally. This
was a deep freeze, not my refrigerator icebox. Also, I had used
sawdust for filler if that makes a difference.

That's an old trick. Sometimes, the epoxy will still be usable a day or
so later but it won't prevent it from curing indefinitely.