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Epoxy gel resin too runny with 100:30 ratio

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By squirrellabs - 5/17/2014 5:42:05 PM

Hi Folks,

New to carbon fibre and tried my first cast using the epoxy mould making kit, when i mixed and applied the green gel it was pretty runny and when it dried it had ran off the object i was making a mould from.

Can I reduce the raitio to make it a bit thicker or can I add multiple coats as its drying to thicken it up.

When i released the mould the gel part was so thin that it had cracked, thinner than a eggshell.

Any Help advice greatly appreciated.

Tony
By Hanaldo - 5/17/2014 6:43:41 PM

Yeh you can generally tell when it's gonna turn out ok or not. Good luck!