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ORIGINAL: airraptor

Just put in the micro wave for 4-10 seconds depending on your power of your microwave. start with 4 seconds and feel my hand. If cool then 3-5 more seconds till slightly warm and clear again. DO NOT MIX the epoxy when it is hot to warm as it will set up in 20-30 seconds and will not be strong.

I have done this a few times and works everytime.

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ORIGINAL: KW_Counter

Have you noticed that Customers Service's initials are CS?

I try to avoid Great planes and Tower whenever I can.
I don't think there products are that great and there are so many others to choose from.
Just my opinion, I could be wrong.

Good Luck,
KW_Counter

Have any of you guys useing Bob Smith ever used System three? And if you have what would you say the comparison is?

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ORIGINAL: blvdbuzzard

I have some stuff Hobby Shack used to sell. This stuff was great. It has not discolored, still works and is some where around 10 years old. They had it on super sale so I bought 5 packs of the big bottles. I stopped getting the Tower or GP glues and epoxy after a few issues of the Ca going bad after 2 weeks.

Best and cheapest epoxy I have had was from a composite store. It was their brand and a full quart of resin and a 8 ounce bottle of catalyst cost just a little bit more then the 9 ounce bottle from the LHS.

Might look for a shop that sells fiber glass and carbon fiber. They usually sell the good epoxy and resins.


Buzz.

I go through a bottle of epoxy, CA, wood glue every 6 months or so.  I never had anything set up cause I just go through it pretty quick.

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ORIGINAL: DavidAgar

I have tryed them all and I always come right back to Bob Smith products. I have never had any issue's with any of the glue's. Good Luck, Dave

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ORIGINAL: invertmast

GP glues and Epoxies suck, so does the Mercury adhesive Kicker spray nozzles and there epoxies (I'm pretty sure the mercury epoxy and GP epoxy is from the same bulk manufacturer, as they both crystalize and harden very quickly no matter what temperature they are stored at).

I use ZAP epoxies exclusively as it is the only brand that I have found that routinely sets up Rock hard even with a small inconsistency in exact quantities of hardener and resin. They can sit in 80+ or 60- degree temperatures and the only that that changes is the viscosity will either thin slight or thicken slightly, never once have I had any crystallization issues. They aren't much much expensive either (maybe $1 or 2 per kit).

The mercury adhesive CA kicker spray nozzle's suck as well. I don't know what there problem is, but over the past 2 years, I have gone through over FIFTY! (Yes 50!) of there spray nozzles. They sent me a box with at least 2 dozen spray nozzles, and the LHS got a box with 3 or 4 dozen nozzle's as well. I used all of them up in less than a year. Most lasted less than 1 hour of ''building'' some didn't even last more than 1 squirt before they would start leaking under the pump cap or the atomizer nozzle would pop out of the cap. COMPLETE CRAP!
Now I ONLY used ZAP ''zip kicker'' spray bottles and pumps. 2 years later and 10 large kicker refill bottles later , I am still using the same Original spray pump nozzle on the kicker bottle.

The mercury adhesive CA is Ok, I prefer zap as its more consistent in consistency, strength and cure times, but their lack of a re-useable bottle and a refill bottle keeps me from using them. Mercury has a nice 8oz refill bottle that lasts a few months.

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ORIGINAL: tailskid

I just 'found' a bottle of Zap thin.....opened on 1/11/11 and it is still good! I'm amazed to say the least and yes, I write the opening date on the bottles

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ORIGINAL: Luchnia

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ORIGINAL: invertmast

GP glues and Epoxies suck, so does the Mercury adhesive Kicker spray nozzles and there epoxies (I'm pretty sure the mercury epoxy and GP epoxy is from the same bulk manufacturer, as they both crystalize and harden very quickly no matter what temperature they are stored at).

I use ZAP epoxies exclusively as it is the only brand that I have found that routinely sets up Rock hard even with a small inconsistency in exact quantities of hardener and resin. They can sit in 80+ or 60- degree temperatures and the only that that changes is the viscosity will either thin slight or thicken slightly, never once have I had any crystallization issues. They aren't much much expensive either (maybe $1 or 2 per kit).

The mercury adhesive CA kicker spray nozzle's suck as well. I don't know what there problem is, but over the past 2 years, I have gone through over FIFTY! (Yes 50!) of there spray nozzles. They sent me a box with at least 2 dozen spray nozzles, and the LHS got a box with 3 or 4 dozen nozzle's as well. I used all of them up in less than a year. Most lasted less than 1 hour of ''building'' some didn't even last more than 1 squirt before they would start leaking under the pump cap or the atomizer nozzle would pop out of the cap. COMPLETE CRAP!
Now I ONLY used ZAP ''zip kicker'' spray bottles and pumps. 2 years later and 10 large kicker refill bottles later , I am still using the same Original spray pump nozzle on the kicker bottle.

The mercury adhesive CA is Ok, I prefer zap as its more consistent in consistency, strength and cure times, but their lack of a re-useable bottle and a refill bottle keeps me from using them. Mercury has a nice 8oz refill bottle that lasts a few months.

Where do you get the best prices on ZAP?

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ORIGINAL: invertmast

GP glues and Epoxies suck, so does the Mercury adhesive Kicker spray nozzles and there epoxies (I'm pretty sure the mercury epoxy and GP epoxy is from the same bulk manufacturer, as they both crystalize and harden very quickly no matter what temperature they are stored at).

I use ZAP epoxies exclusively as it is the only brand that I have found that routinely sets up Rock hard even with a small inconsistency in exact quantities of hardener and resin. They can sit in 80+ or 60- degree temperatures and the only that that changes is the viscosity will either thin slight or thicken slightly, never once have I had any crystallization issues. They aren't much much expensive either (maybe $1 or 2 per kit).

The mercury adhesive CA kicker spray nozzle's suck as well. I don't know what there problem is, but over the past 2 years, I have gone through over FIFTY! (Yes 50!) of there spray nozzles. They sent me a box with at least 2 dozen spray nozzles, and the LHS got a box with 3 or 4 dozen nozzle's as well. I used all of them up in less than a year. Most lasted less than 1 hour of ''building'' some didn't even last more than 1 squirt before they would start leaking under the pump cap or the atomizer nozzle would pop out of the cap. COMPLETE CRAP!
Now I ONLY used ZAP ''zip kicker'' spray bottles and pumps. 2 years later and 10 large kicker refill bottles later , I am still using the same Original spray pump nozzle on the kicker bottle.

The mercury adhesive CA is Ok, I prefer zap as its more consistent in consistency, strength and cure times, but their lack of a re-useable bottle and a refill bottle keeps me from using them. Mercury has a nice 8oz refill bottle that lasts a few months.

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