Another good way is to take a bowl of water and heat it up, then float your epoxy mixing bowl in the hot water. And Ron is right, you need to work quickly 'cause the epoxy will cure very quickly once you heat it up. When the first batch hardens up, just keep adding new epoxy to the bowl and the hot water will keep it liquid. . .<br>
<br>I also have (my wife's) hair dryer standing by to heat up any epoxy once its on the plane and help it flow.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 8:51 AM, Ron Van Putte <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:vanputte@cox.net">vanputte@cox.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I've used denatured alcohol and it works well, but I like heating the applied 30 minute epoxy even better. I spread on a light coat of epoxy and heat the whole area with a heat gun. The heat thins the epoxy dramatically and will even start to run. That's good, because the epoxy will seep into all the crevices it can find. I rotate the fuselage and let gravity take the epoxy into the crevices. The heat also accelerates the curing process, causing it to cure in far less than 30 minutes.<br>
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Ron<br>
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On Mar 15, 2009, at 2:27 AM, Rex wrote:<br>
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You can use denatured alcohol... I've used laquer thinner, but it evaporates pretty fast...<br>
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Rex<br>
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> Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] thinning epoxy, how?<br>
><br>
> I want to add another layer of sealer to the firewall and tunnel on my plane... what's the best way to do it with epoxy? I've got 30<br>
> minute but not sure how to thin it to seal it.<br>
><br>
> Regards,<br>
> Jason<br>
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