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Newbie mistake - hardener mixer ratios
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Philimon
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Hi Folks
Just thought I'd pass on a lesson I learnt last night. I'm very much a hobbiest and new to proper fiberglass. I'm no stranger to resin, though. The mixing ratio on the hardener bottle was a little ambiguous to me last night and I have some unset resin this morning. Instead of mixing 100 parts resin to 30 parts hardener I thought the label indicated a range of 1:100 to 1:30 mixing ratio....
Funny that, because I got the mixing ratio on the
Gel Coat
just right.
EasyComposites, if you're reading this, may I appeal to you to make your labels a little more unambiguous for "Idiots Like Me(tm)"? Its really my fault, but maybe we can save someone else having to re-do about 10 hours worth of work.
Cheers
Philimon
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Newbie mistake - hardener mixer ratios
Philimon
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12 Years Ago
Doesn't get much more unambiguous than that. 100 % Resin 30% Hardener
baja_patient
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12 Years Ago
[quote][b]baja_patient (17/01/2013)[/b][hr]Doesn't get much more unambiguous than that. 100 % Resin...
Philimon
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12 Years Ago
Haha... na man no worries, I always think about it twice as well... but yeah you're correct with 50g...
baja_patient
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12 Years Ago
If the EC-guys read this, could it be possible to have a system like "west system epoxy" where you...
matthieutje65
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12 Years Ago
Hi Matt The pumps aren't that accurate and I wouldn't trust them to this expensive type work. When I...
fgayford
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12 Years Ago
thanks for the information Fred, Thats a great and simple trick you have there aboute pouring left...
matthieutje65
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12 Years Ago
The only problem with dispensing pumps they can some times give the wrong amount,they can be a pain...
Shaneer22
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12 Years Ago
@Matthieu you can easily find cheap scales that are very precise (talking about 1/10th gr precision,...
CompositeSeb
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12 Years Ago
Hi Philimon, I'll take a look into whether we can make the labeling any more clear. I'm not aware...
Matt (Staff)
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12 Years Ago
thanks for your time and good information Matt, I didn't know there were so many "problems" with...
matthieutje65
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12 Years Ago
[quote][b]matthieutje65 (18/01/2013)[/b][hr]thanks for your time and good information Matt, I didn't...
Dennis G
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12 Years Ago
Good news, my first mould is done and dusted! Many lessons learnt and i had a blast. I did have...
Philimon
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12 Years Ago
Dennis, your maths seems correct to me! However, I tend to keep things "simple stupid" and use...
Warren (Staff)
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12 Years Ago
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