Hello, Sy -- >An older instruction sheet from Kawai suggests 5 drops hardener to one teaspoon (5 milligrams) of polyester. That has worked for me on several small pours. I usually insert a hammer shank in the bottle, withdraw the shank and dispense one drop at a time. The problem is some drops are noticeably larger than others. There are these anxious moments on each pour. You only have a few minutes to work because the mixture starts to jel and harden. I don't know about ratios of hardener, but there might be a better way to measure drops. Of course, an eye dropper would be fine, but for a few drops of liquid I use a small plastic soda straw (sometimes they have small diameters). Just dip the straw in the liquid, and put your finger over the other end. Cart the straw to where you want the liquid, take your finger off the end ... If your hardener does not melt plastic, this might work. You could experiment with the straw and water, and make marks on the straw for different amounts. (If you hold the straw against the light you can see how much liquid is in it.) You could end up with quite precise measurements by working out lengths and fractions of lengths for different amounts of fluid. If the hardener reacts with the plastic, you could just use small glass pipettes, like in a chemistry lab. It would be a lot _faster_ than the hammer shank method, anyway. Regards, Susan . Susan Kline P.O. Box 1651 Philomath, OR 97370 skline@proaxis.com "Enormous amounts of information are availabble, including, however, very little reliable data on what it all means." -- Ashleigh Brilliant
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