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Old 05-28-2010 | 06:50 PM
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Default RE: Diluting epoxy?

What sort of cure times should I be expecting? I've been extremely frustrated over the years with any of the "slow cure" epoxies I've worked with, so I use 5-minute epoxy exclusively in my building. The "30-min" stuff I can buy locally takes hours to set and the "90-min" stuff takes forever (if at all).

And that's why I special ordered the Pro epoxy finish resin from GreatPlanes. But it's also taking a LONG time to cure fully. On the bottles it says it cures in 3 hours and has full strength in 24. But 3 hours later it was still VERY sticky and 12 hours later it's still tacky and greasy (and certainly still giving off strong odors). It's definitely still "rubbery."

I'm tempted just to go back to using my tried and true 5-minute epoxy.