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Conversion resin | 7 comments (7 topical, editorial)
Re: Conversion resin (3.00 / 0) (#2)
by Chagrin on Thu Sep 25th, 2008 at 09:37:41 AM MST
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You can thin epoxy with alcohol. It worked well for me with no side-effects.


Re: Conversion resin (3.00 / 0) (#3)
by 2windy on Thu Sep 25th, 2008 at 08:00:09 PM MST
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will the space that the epoxy takes up shrink?

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Re: Conversion resin (3.00 / 0) (#4)
by wdyasq on Thu Sep 25th, 2008 at 08:50:54 PM MST
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I don't advise using any solvent thinning on epoxy BONDING work. It is a good way to create a failure.

As you guessed 2windy... it WILL shrink. Sometimes the solvent will 'flash-off' before the epoxy cures ... I have had it not flash completely off and take a long time - weeks  - to finally cure ... and it did SHRINK.

Ron
Adventure is just bad planning." -- Roald Amundsen
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Re: Conversion resin (3.00 / 0) (#5)
by Chagrin on Fri Sep 26th, 2008 at 12:07:39 AM MST
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I didn't have any shrinkage. Given that I was laminating a boat I'm not sure I would have seen the effects like you'd have with cast objects, but I'd assume I'd have it peeling off of previous layers if it had. I did not notice any significant change to the curing time.

This was the generic 2:1 epoxy from US Composites (shopmaninc.com).

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