I have a hot box here made for DP plane $150.00 must pick up in So. California...
Smooth Sailing, Karlton Spindle http://www.MultiplexRC.com http://www.KZspeedway.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony J. O'Hara" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Martin Cleary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Tony J. O'Hara" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "[unknown]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 10:11 AM Subject: [RCSE] hotbox for bagging, post or concurrent > Hi Martin > Electric blankets are fine. I had a problem getting BSI epoxies Ex-slow > cure to properly harden even after 7 days! > I checked with BSI and was told that to properly cure the epoxy temperature > had to be higher than 75F (Their brochure says 70F!) at the start! And that > if too cold during the initial setting the epoxy will NEVER cure properly! > I was at 68-69F! > > Since then I have used a simple homemade hot box,. I use BSI's Finish-Cure > and I microwave the bottles for a few seconds before mixing (if bringing > them directly up from my cold basement!) and have not had a problem! > > I also use Devcon's 5-minute and 2-ton epoxies (Considerably cheaper at > Wal-Mart!) and I have not noticed this same low temperature curing problem! > > Tony > Colorado > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
