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alex3horse	a alex3horse posted 6 Years Ago HOT Topic Details
a Group: Forum Members Posts: 2, Visits: 10	Hi which type of epoxy is best for mixing with fillers please? Without lots of smelly fumes too Thanks
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Warren (Staff)	Warren (Staff) posted 6 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Administrators Posts: 2.5K, Visits: 8.5K	It entirely depends what you are trying to achieve. Vast majority of epoxies are very low odour anyway. Warren Penalver Easy Composites / Carbon Mods - Technical Support Assistant
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alex3horse	a alex3horse posted 6 Years Ago HOT Post Details
a Group: Forum Members Posts: 2, Visits: 10	+x Warren (Staff) - 6/28/2019 10:05:00 AM It entirely depends what you are trying to achieve. Vast majority of epoxies are very low odour anyway. Thanks Warren 😊 I'm casting with it, making sculptures. I mixed west system epoxy with sawdust and silica. I've never used epoxy before so want to make sure I've got the right stuff for the job. Also can you use it with fibreglass matting to make support moulds? Here is a horse's leg I made. It makes lovely grainy texture.
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Warren (Staff)	Warren (Staff) posted 6 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Administrators Posts: 2.5K, Visits: 8.5K	As long as you use a slow hardener and quite a good quantity of filler powders, then you should be ok. The danger with fillers like this is excessive exotherm if the heat does not dissipate - eg you use a small amount of bubbles and fillers. By sure the safest way would be to use a casting resin to make the filler paste. It would already have the slow cure time to help avoid exotherming and can still support a lot of fillers and pigments. A good one to go for when doing thicker casts would be our GlassCast 50 Clear Epoxy Casting Resin Warren Penalver Easy Composites / Carbon Mods - Technical Support Assistant
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