Cold weather and super fast epoxy.

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Cold weather and super fast epoxy.

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I need to get some cold cure epoxy. Easy enough.

But I also need a 5 minute epoxy that is at high strength in like an hour.

Devcon is a failed company for problems. I have a couple tubes of it here I don't trust.

Any advice?
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I haven't found a 5 minute epoxy that made a good, long lasting adhesive, maybe they're out there.
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fallguy1000 wrote: Sun Oct 25, 2020 8:45 pm I need to get some cold cure epoxy. Easy enough.

But I also need a 5 minute epoxy that is at high strength in like an hour.

Devcon is a failed company for problems. I have a couple tubes of it here I don't trust.

Any advice?
Out of curiosity how much do you need? A lot or for some spot welds?
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I want small amount for mounting pads. There are times I don't want to put screws in the 12mm foam panels where I don't trust the screw would not tear out. Seems ridiculous to wait an entire day to put something together if I want to mount 2 or four 2" square pads of coosa or corelite.

The cold cure is available thru Systems 3. I plan to buy some of it. I just need to plan the quantity. I have some structural tapes to do. I would also like to seal some wood edges this winter.
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Even if you can't heat your entire space a small heater aimed directly at the work area may let you use the same products you would use in higher temps.

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joe2700 wrote: Mon Oct 26, 2020 2:35 pm Even if you can't heat your entire space a small heater aimed directly at the work area may let you use the same products you would use in higher temps.
The scale is the issue.

A large area of fairing in April is the wish when temps are in the 40s.

I have some cleats to apply as well and the surrounding areas are rather large.

I can let the epoxy mostly kick and apply it like a raped monkey, but that doesn't help me do it well. And the cleats need to be taped on and the area is nearly impossible to isolate.
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I can’t remember who it was on here that was looking for a super fast, strong and permanent adhesive?
Here it is again...
https://www.mpi-solutions.com/product/m ... mamba-fhg/
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Aripeka Angler wrote: Fri Oct 30, 2020 6:25 am I can’t remember who it was on here that was looking for a super fast, strong and permanent adhesive?
Here it is again...
https://www.mpi-solutions.com/product/m ... mamba-fhg/
This is cool. I wonder if it works on pvc.

I have a few foam/glass and wood/pvc areas I did not get done here and it looks like I could maybe use this stuff vs 5200.

I'll do some more thorough reading tonight.

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