If this has already been mentioned, then disregard. If not, I found this helpful for small jobs.
As I don’t have a pump dispenser, I’ve made use of Matt’s plastic cups idea for resin mixing for a lot of my build so far. I marked a few cups with different Hardener/Resin levels for different size batches. However, making very small batches for little jobs was beyond the cup method and I found out very quickly how it could be easy to waste a lot of resin.
For small jobs I got a hold of some disposable plastic syringes. They do the job. One used for hardener and another for resin. So they don’t get confused, I use two sizes, a 3mm and a 12mm (or you could just mark them if they are the same size).
When I want to make up a small batch of glue/putty to fill some small cracks for example, I’ll draw (using 4:1), let’s say 2mm of hardener with the small syringe and then 8mm of resin with the larger, (or 1mm & 4mm, or 3 & 12, or 5 & 20, etc, etc) mix in a cup, add wood flour and fill the gaps/cracks.
You can draw direct from the containers, or pour a little resin and hardener into separate cups and draw from them, mixing in a third, then pour the excess back into the containers when finished.
The resin syringe is fine to continually re-use, but the hardener syringe (I found) gets a bit crusty after a bit and needs wiping down, or just tossing out and a new one used.
Cheers,
Whirly
Mixing small batches of Epoxy
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Re: Mixing small batches of Epoxy
Yeah Matt, I sorta mentioned that near the start Matt’s plastic cups idea for resin mixing
This was for smaller quantities of Epoxy, patchup jobs and such............
This was for smaller quantities of Epoxy, patchup jobs and such............
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Re: Mixing small batches of Epoxy
I have found that beauty supply shops have a small plastic beaker that is used for mixing hair dye. It has both ml and oz markings. If you keep it clean, it last quite a while.
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I use these. The smallest batch I can make is 15 ml, though. They are relatively cheap. About $5 for 100 of them. I reuse them many times before pitching them. You can get them from Tap Plastics or drugstores.
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I am cheaper yet
I go to the dollar store and buy a set of measuring spoons , there a slick plastic so clean up well . One bucko and you can get some really small amounts that way.
Ron
I go to the dollar store and buy a set of measuring spoons , there a slick plastic so clean up well . One bucko and you can get some really small amounts that way.
Ron
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Great idea. I may have to grab some tomorrowtx river rat wrote:I am cheaper yet
I go to the dollar store and buy a set of measuring spoons , there a slick plastic so clean up well . One bucko and you can get some really small amounts that way.
Ron
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Re: Mixing small batches of Epoxy
I use the plastic spoons you get at the grocery store for picnics. Using a two to one mix it is easy to do.
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