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Old 03-01-2005, 11:27 AM   #1
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Question Another Epoxy Question

Can you thin the epoxy somehow to get it to go on in a lighter coat?
I think it goes on way to thick no mater what I do.

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Old 03-01-2005, 11:52 AM   #2
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Are you using e-tex lite? Can't get much thinner than that in an epoxy.

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Old 03-01-2005, 12:03 PM   #3
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Try a drop of acetone.....but just a drop. i put to much in once and it started accelerating almost instantaneously.....cup got real hot too from the reaction

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Old 03-01-2005, 12:27 PM   #4
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You can also try warming your mixed epoxy.

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Old 03-01-2005, 02:55 PM   #5
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You can also try warming your mixed epoxy.

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I read somewhere that you can put the cup your mixing in, into another cotainer of warm water to surround it with heat.

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Old 03-01-2005, 03:22 PM   #7
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I always thin my epoxy to make it flow. I use a product called epoxy reducer, made for spraying. I used to epoxy spray swimming pools, used 1 qt reducer to 1 gal of epoxy. I used to buy it by the case from a company called Seamco in Florida. I'm sure you can find a similar product available for the hobbyist.
In fact I think I saw epoxy reducer in one of the catalogs, maybe Moore's Lures.
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Old 03-01-2005, 04:58 PM   #8
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Thanks everyone,

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