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Will epoxy harden in 20 degree weather?
replying to Don Klipstein, Chuck wrote:
20 degrees F is roughly 30 degrees C below a fairly normal room temperature.-----that does not make sense. 30C is 86F so you are saying a fairly normal room temp is 106F. I would say that 20F is 9C below a normal room temp of 20C. So do your calculation using the number 10. In your example you use 5 minutes. Double that once for an answer of 10 minutes -- for full context, visit https://www.homeownershub.com/mainte...er-728513-.htm |
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Will epoxy harden in 20 degree weather?
On Saturday, March 11, 2017 at 11:14:05 AM UTC-5, Chuck wrote:
replying to Don Klipstein, Chuck wrote: 20 degrees F is roughly 30 degrees C below a fairly normal room temperature.-----that does not make sense. 30C is 86F so you are saying a fairly normal room temp is 106F. I would say that 20F is 9C below a normal room temp of 20C. So do your calculation using the number 10. In your example you use 5 minutes. Double that once for an answer of 10 minutes -- for full context, visit https://www.homeownershub.com/mainte...er-728513-.htm Not that it really matters, because the post you're replying to is 9 years old, but what he said was that 20F is roughly 30 degrees C BELOW normal room temp. That is correct. 30 centigrade degrees is 54 F degree units. 20 + 54 = 74F. Or the other way of looking at it is 20F = -7C, -7C + 30C = 23C = 74F (room temp) But I wouldn't count on epoxy hardening correctly at 20F period. I'd put a small heater on it until cured. |
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Will epoxy harden in 20 degree weather?
On Saturday, March 11, 2017 at 11:26:29 AM UTC-5, trader_4 wrote:
On Saturday, March 11, 2017 at 11:14:05 AM UTC-5, Chuck wrote: replying to Don Klipstein, Chuck wrote: 20 degrees F is roughly 30 degrees C below a fairly normal room temperature.-----that does not make sense. 30C is 86F so you are saying a fairly normal room temp is 106F. I would say that 20F is 9C below a normal room temp of 20C. So do your calculation using the number 10. In your example you use 5 minutes. Double that once for an answer of 10 minutes -- for full context, visit https://www.homeownershub.com/mainte...er-728513-.htm Not that it really matters, because the post you're replying to is 9 years old, but what he said was that 20F is roughly 30 degrees C BELOW normal room temp. That is correct. 30 centigrade degrees is 54 F degree units. 20 + 54 = 74F. Or the other way of looking at it is 20F = -7C, -7C + 30C = 23C = 74F (room temp) But I wouldn't count on epoxy hardening correctly at 20F period. I'd put a small heater on it until cured. There are hardeners formulated for cold weather, such as West Systems 205, but even that is only speced for "as low as 35°F". As far as using a heater, there is a technique known as post-curing which calls for applying heat after an partial cure at ambient temperature. Applying heat too soon or too fast can cause out-gassing and bubbles in the cured coating. Lots of info and techniques can be found in this doc: http://www.westsystem.com/ss/assets/...neversion..pdf |
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Will epoxy harden in 20 degree weather?
On Sat, 11 Mar 2017 08:26:25 -0800 (PST)
trader_4 wrote: On Saturday, March 11, 2017 at 11:14:05 AM UTC-5, Chuck wrote: replying to Don Klipstein, Chuck wrote: 20 degrees F is roughly 30 degrees C below a fairly normal room temperature.-----that does not make sense. 30C is 86F so you are saying a fairly normal room temp is 106F. I would say that 20F is 9C below a normal room temp of 20C. So do your calculation using the number 10. In your example you use 5 minutes. Double that once for an answer of 10 minutes -- for full context, visit https://www.homeownershub.com/mainte...er-728513-.htm Not that it really matters, because the post you're replying to is 9 years old, but what he said was that 20F is roughly 30 degrees C BELOW normal room temp. That is correct. 30 centigrade degrees is 54 F degree units. 20 + 54 = 74F. Or the other way of looking at it is 20F = -7C, -7C + 30C = 23C = 74F (room temp) But I wouldn't count on epoxy hardening correctly at 20F period. I'd put a small heater on it until cured. LOL Pathetic.. |
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