Warming Epoxy

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6 years 4 months ago #15009 by
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It was a little cold last night and I needed to glue some hinges with epoxy. The epoxy was very reluctant to flow out of the tubes so I used a 'laboratory' grade water bath to warm it up, unfortunately it's lowest temperature is about 35ÂșC (that's 308.15 Kelvin to anyone old school).

Am I likely to degrade the resin and hardener by doing this?
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6 years 4 months ago #15013 by Brian
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I've used a heat gun to get very cold epoxy resin into a workable state. Don't know how hot it was, but the plastic bottle was a bit too warm for comfort. The resin didn't degrade with the heat, I used it on an undercarriage mounting plate with no problems regarding strength. I've tried to remember to take my water based glues and epoxy resins indoors for the winter, never do though. The epoxy seems to survive the cold, but the wood glue goes lumpy and sulks.

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6 years 4 months ago - 6 years 4 months ago #15014 by AlanF
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Standing in hand hot water for 10 minutes should get the resin thin enough to pour easily, the hardener is generally less viscous . I've never had problems with the epoxy degrading.

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