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Old 09-18-2008 | 08:17 AM
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Default eppoxy in extremely high temps??

during weekends I fly rc..

weekdays I am a sound technitian and repair tech of profesional moving lights for concerts etc. (eg tonight I am working at the madona concert in Valencia)

My question is this...

In moving lights, the colours are created by graded filters being slid into and out of the light beam inside the fixture.

At time the plastic holder un-glues from the coloured crystal (called a diacroic).

can anyone give me any insite into if a model-grade eppoxy will hold up to high temeratures.. generally this will be around 10cm from a gass filled lamp burning at 5600 kelivn...
There is ventilation and saftey glass to reduce temperature between the lamp and these colours, but when the lamp is turned off, it is at LEAST 10mins before these glass sheets are touchable..

I dont have a thermometer usable for finding the temp so cant give any more accurate readings!

So.. when these un-stick. we use a mixture of cyano and high-temp silicon (we mix and apply it like eppoxy) but honestly I´m wondering if pure eppoxy would be stronger???


"I thinks" and "possiblys" arent usefull to me, if it goes wrong, generally in my work, it goes wrong live on TV, so I preffer answers only from people who are SURE.


Many thanks in advance.