[TheForge] My latest discovery - cleaning up wet epoxy cement

[Jerry Smith]

I use lacquer thinner, it is also an epoxy thinner.

Jerry

--- Peter Hirst <saltydog335 at aol.com> wrote:

> Acetone, methy ehtyl ketone, both readily available
> at the paint store.  And 
> contrary to mfg recommendations,  acetone works just
> fine for  thinning 
> epoxy resins even to sparayable consistency.  I once
> epoxied a 17 foot wood 
> boat  with a two part resin (Read Plastics,
> Rockville MD), acetone for 
> thinner and a Wagner  airless sprayer, for a
> fraction of what a WEST job 
> would have run.  The result looked like a varnish
> ad, I was told. I'll stick 
> with the acetone.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Lon Humphrey" <ironcrossforge at roadrunner.com>
> To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2008 12:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] My latest discovery -
> cleaning up wet epoxy cement
> 
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