I use the same technique and laquer thinner for cleaning brushes that Mark Langford uses. I keep a jar with a lid so when I finish cleaning my brush, I place the lid on to prevent evaporation of what is left of my thinner, I am sure Mark does as well.
Your soft layup sounds like a mis-mitxture to me. Sometimes you can place in sun or put heat from a heat gun on the layup to heat up and then let it set up again, if it never gets hard then you may have to redo your layup. Larry H. ________________________________ From: Kurt Clement kurtclem...@yahoo.com I got some good advice on the trivial question of brushes. Some of it was direct rather than on this list which makes me believe that some might be intimidated (like I am). So I have another question. I was laying up some 2 layer BID for a flange. I was doing 4 and the first 2 went beautiful. I thought the third was going fine, but 24 hours later I was surprised how flexible the 3rd was. I could easily bend it. The previous 2 were stiff as boards. It was 90 degrees yesterday here in AZ so I can't believe the temperature was a factor. It was the same epoxy that I had used on the other 2. I let it go another 24 hours and it is still a little pliable. Should I just let it cure eventually? Did I mix the epoxy bad? I didn't do anything different that I can tell. -Kurt 141 Hours in AZ
