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Bob Engelhardt Bob Engelhardt is offline
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Default Best glue for aluminum?

On 1/18/2015 6:27 PM, Paul K. Dickman wrote:
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It has a 4-1 mix ratio, so you need a applicator gun with a 4-1 plunger.

You can probably manually squeeze it out accurate enough to try out your
first tube, but the stuff starts stiffening up pretty fast and the ratio is
really important. ...


For proportioning small amounts of epoxy, I use a 500g scale. Reads to
..1g, so it's really easy to get it right.

It's also useful for mixing just the right amount. For example, I have
some West System epoxy that I occasionally use as a sealer. I know the
coverage in sq ft per ounce and it mixes 5 to 1, so it's easy to weigh
out hardener as 1/6 of the total and resin as 5/6. I can mix up what I
need and no more (I hate wasting that stuff).

Bob