To get off the 30 bucks for a kitchen scale.
Mixing epoxy by weight allows me to to mix the smallest of batches that are not limited to how small of a graduated container is on hand. It's a game changer.
Also, as much as I've read about drilling 2 holes in bubbles to fill, it was only today that I did it for the first time. Watching the bubble fill, and thickened epoxy ooze out of the 2nd hole, may have been the most satisfying thing I did this weekend. I'll never grind another bubble again!
Waited too long...
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Dan_Smullen wrote: ↑Sun Mar 21, 2021 7:41 pm To get off the 30 bucks for a kitchen scale.
Mixing epoxy by weight allows me to to mix the smallest of batches that are not limited to how small of a graduated container is on hand. It's a game changer.
Also, as much as I've read about drilling 2 holes in bubbles to fill, it was only today that I did it for the first time. Watching the bubble fill, and thickened epoxy ooze out of the 2nd hole, may have been the most satisfying thing I did this weekend. I'll never grind another bubble again!
Agreed on the scale! I printed out a spreadsheet with all the ratios from like .1 oz. to 9.9 or whatever so I never need to use a calculator.
I usually mash bubbles, I need to try the 2 hole trick.
There are only two seasons in Vermont: boating season, and boat-building season.
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VT_Jeff wrote: ↑Sun Mar 21, 2021 7:51 pmTry it!Dan_Smullen wrote: ↑Sun Mar 21, 2021 7:41 pm
Agreed on the scale! I printed out a spreadsheet with all the ratios from like .1 oz. to 9.9 or whatever so I never need to use a calculator.
I usually mash bubbles, I need to try the 2 hole trick.
Re: Waited too long...
Dan_Smullen wrote: ↑Sun Mar 21, 2021 7:56 pmSomeday. Glassing on this boat is, as they say in Hollywood, In the Can!VT_Jeff wrote: ↑Sun Mar 21, 2021 7:51 pmTry it!Dan_Smullen wrote: ↑Sun Mar 21, 2021 7:41 pm
Agreed on the scale! I printed out a spreadsheet with all the ratios from like .1 oz. to 9.9 or whatever so I never need to use a calculator.
I usually mash bubbles, I need to try the 2 hole trick.
There are only two seasons in Vermont: boating season, and boat-building season.
Completed Paul Butler 14' Clark Fork Drifter
Completed Jacques Mertens FS14LS + 10%, Build Thread
Started Iain Oughtred Tammie Norrie
Completed Paul Butler 14' Clark Fork Drifter
Completed Jacques Mertens FS14LS + 10%, Build Thread
Started Iain Oughtred Tammie Norrie
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Re: Waited too long...
How much thickener?
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Enough to make it look like puss oozing out of the relief hole.
Regarding mixing with the scale, I just read the stickie at the top of the epoxy page. Mixing ratio for MarinEpoxy is not 2:1, but 1:.43.
Spreadsheet showing ratios from 1-60 now printed and close to the mixing bench.
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Dan_Smullen wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 7:33 pmEnough silica to make it look like puss oozing out of the relief hole.
Regarding mixing with the scale, I just read the stickie at the top of the epoxy page. Mixing ratio for MarinEpoxy is not 2:1, but 1:.43.
Spreadsheet showing ratios from 1-60 now printed and close to the mixing bench.
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