replying to Charles Spitzer, zach wrote:
5 to 10 mins or an hour just to make sure

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On 4/30/2016 9:44 AM, zach wrote:
replying to Charles Spitzer, zach wrote:
5 to 10 mins or an hour just to make sure

Epoxy does not dry. It cures and time is dependent on curing agent.
There is also a setting time or period that it will still flow to work
but complete cure may take much longer. Fast setting epoxies must be
used within 5 minutes. There are also industrial epoxies that take high
temperature cure and will not set for months until heated.

On 2016-04-30, zach wrote:
replying to Charles Spitzer, zach wrote:
5 to 10 mins or an hour just to make sure

It sez on the pkg. Duh.

nb

On Sat, 30 Apr 2016 11:51:10 -0400, Frank "frank wrote:

On 4/30/2016 9:44 AM, zach wrote:
replying to Charles Spitzer, zach wrote:
5 to 10 mins or an hour just to make sure

Epoxy does not dry. It cures and time is dependent on curing agent.
There is also a setting time or period that it will still flow to work
but complete cure may take much longer. Fast setting epoxies must be
used within 5 minutes. There are also industrial epoxies that take high
temperature cure and will not set for months until heated.

Yes. At the retail level there is iirc 5-minute, 30-minute, and maybe
other times for epoxy products that don't come in the double syringe.

You have to get something fairly close to a 50-50 mixture or curing
time can be increased, greatly to the point of never finishing.

After driving over a chrome strip on my way to work, I applied a gas
tank patch, woven fiberglass patch with epoxy over it, to the big hole
in the tank, but it was an 85 or 95 degree day and it cured before I
could really get it on. I had to buy gas every 8 miles on the way
home, and I still ran out once.

The next day I bought another identical kit but I put it in the
freezer for 30 minutes. It was also cooler because it was 9 in the
morning. That one worked and lasted more than 6 years.

On Saturday, April 30, 2016 at 9:44:05 AM UTC-4, zach wrote:
replying to Charles Spitzer, zach wrote:
5 to 10 mins or an hour just to make sure



It's been 11.5 years since the question was asked.

Trust me, it has cured by now. Go ahead and use the repaired part.

On Saturday, April 30, 2016 at 12:30:02 PM UTC-4, notbob wrote:
On 2016-04-30, zach wrote:
replying to Charles Spitzer, zach wrote:
5 to 10 mins or an hour just to make sure

It sez on the pkg. Duh.

nb

It's an 11.5 year old package. Maybe the labeling has worn off.

On Saturday, April 30, 2016 at 8:22:42 PM UTC-5, Micky wrote:

I had to buy gas every 8 miles on the way
home, and I still ran out once.

You couldn't stuff a polyethylene bag in the hole to get home? Figures!