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Skinni44
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Good evening,
Just a quick question. I've posted before about my project to repair ice hockey skates and I've done some of what I need to do. I'll explain my problem.....
I cut everything to size and prepared before I mixed the resin. I wanted to do it in two parts as I had so much to do and didn't want it all to go to waste before I could get onto the second part. I weighed as half and half but there wasn't 100grams in the resin bottle unless my scales were so far out as there wasn't a whole lot left in the bottle and went with it. I done what I had to do and as I was doing it, the mixture started to go hard so thought result, it's working.
Mixed the rest of mixture and started other skate. I had a feeling that there was too much hardener but as I weighed out the first batch I thought to just get on with it. Well, done the first part all ok and as I was sticking the backing down the cup went up on smoke......literally!
Problem I have is one skate pretty hard on the front and the skate that got completed isn't curing in the same way only an hour later. If it doesn't go hard by the morning, what are my options?
Also, am I stuck and need to order more epoxy from you guys to complete the last little bit of are there other options I can have quicker access to?y
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Rapid repair kit curing question
Skinni44
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8 Years Ago
Really really have to make sure your mix is accurate when you're working with epoxy, especially when...
Hanaldo
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8 Years Ago
Thanks for the reply, woke up this morning and one skate is great! The other is still very tacky. I...
Skinni44
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8 Years Ago
Can't put hardener over the top, that will make it worse. It really needs to be mixed properly. Hair...
Hanaldo
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8 Years Ago
IT sounds like you have 2 issues here, wrong mix ratio and also running out of pot life resulting in...
Warren (Staff)
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8 Years Ago
I suspect it was wrong mixture even though I weighed it out. The scales must be really wrong because...
Skinni44
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8 Years Ago
Small batches can be difficult to get the measurements right, especially if your scales are only +-...
Warren (Staff)
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8 Years Ago
Cool thanks for the advice. I can't just go over the old fibre either though can I?
Skinni44
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8 Years Ago
Give the tacky area a key with sand paper to remove as much of it as possible, clean it then you can...
Warren (Staff)
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8 Years Ago
Thank you for your help, will get some more resin ordered tonight then and hope the peel-ply comes...
Skinni44
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8 Years Ago
Just thought I would drop an update..... I left the skate on the windowsill for 2 days under the...
Skinni44
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8 Years Ago
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