Epoxy glue in Europe ?

[Farrell]

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FWIW:  Not that I advocate storing epoxy for an excessive length of =
time, but a couple years ago I found some West System resin and hardener =
in my garage that I know I brought down to Florida when I moved from =
Michigan - it had to be more than 10 years old and had been stored in my =
HOT Florida garage all that time. The resin looked OK, but the hardener =
had turned a red color. I called West System and they said that they =
said that yes, epoxy has a shelf life, but it is long and the epoxy was =
probably OK. I used the epoxy for some non-critical applications and it =
seemed to work just fine - got hard as a rock and all seemed normal.

Terry Farrell
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  From: Ryan Sowers=20
  To: Pianotech=20
  Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 7:17 PM
  Subject: Re: Epoxy glue in Europe ?


  For sure not all epoxy is equal! I have used the syrenge type epoxies =
that they sell in hardware stores and find that it does NOT cure as hard =
as WestSystem. The WestSystem product cures REALLY hard/ridged. Some =
other kinds are more flexible.=20

  Also epoxy has a shelf life: Don't take chances with old stuff. If its =
more than a year old toss it! I also try to replace my cyanoacrylate =
glue every 6 months.=20

  St=E9phane Collin <collin.s@skynet.be> wrote:


    The Araldite I used was in the form of two syringues coupled with =
one common
    push button. Even without intelligence, that would have produced the =
right
    mix, or do I miss something (again) ? And they claimed for optimal =
adhesion
    after 12 hours, foreseen ambiant temperature was above 0=B0C, which =
was about
    half the time I waited and 20=B0 below actual temperature in the =
place where
    it happened.




  Ryan Sowers, RPT Puget Sound Chapter
  Pianova Piano Service
  Olympia, WA
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