Originally Posted by
Trax540
Thanks for all the help. I was about to start trying to strip it! I heated it with the heat gun for about 10 minutes. Then got very bored of standing there lol. I set the light near the top and now its started to really cure.
That was the first time I tried the thinning method so i was nervous when it went longer that 8 hrs to harden.
Yup, heat works.
Since acetone is great for wiping CA runs off ultracote and the label on the can says it was "designed for thinning" epoxy, I keep a can in the shop on the glue shelf. It takes a lot less acetone to get 30 minute brushable than alcohol and it appears to retain it's strength. And it's fairly cheap.
I mold parts fairly often so have some surfacing resin epoxy (Z-poxy) on the shelf. Turns out it's much easier to use it for fuel proofing engine compartments. In fact, the last couple of ARFs that were being put together as electrics had such poorly assembled firewall/motor frontends, they got painted too.
Funny how the quality of the laser cutting, wood, and assembly of ARFs seems to have dropped off now. The RTFs seem to be really bad nowadays. Sadly, most modelers buying those things don't notice and are agast at the suggestion you make about needed fixes. They don't usually have tools, skills or glue. And of course, don't have time.