Last night I left a rod drying overnight. This morning the thread wraps are still a bit tacky. I think my workroom got a little too cold during the night. Will the Flex Coat eventually cure properly once it's wamed up for a while, or will I need to put on an additional coat? thanks

I would let it go another day or two and if it's still tacky, I would recoat. How cold is the work room? I think if it goes below about 70, it will affect curing time

Mike (Southgate, MI)
If I don't want to, I don't have to and nobody can make me (except my wife) cuz I'm RETIRED!!

Low Temps below 65 degrees will delay the curing. If you have not achieved a 50/50 by volume mixture of the two components you will delay the curing also, it may take longer to cure and wiil depend on how far off the mix was. If too far off it will not cure at all and remain tacky. This is usually due to too much hardner. If it does reamin tacky after three days it will not cure correctly. Just place another thin coat over the tacky one but make sure you have a 50/50 by vol mix. which is easily achieved by using silicone free syringes suppiled by most of the companies who sell thread epoxy



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/13/2006 03:35PM by Chris Karp.

If it doesn't cure in a few days you'll need to recoat.

We always ASSUME that the mix isn't 50/50 and the person didn't measure the finish well.

BUT lets not leave out the actual MIXING of the two parts WELL.

Flexcoat makes these round little mixing sticks that simply STINK! They don't allow FOLDING of the mixture together. If you used one of these, you'd better stir twice as long as you did before. Better yet, throw them in the trash can and use a flat object to mix with: a new popsicle stick works great.

DR

I built a epoxy mixer and never had that problem again its not hard to build and doesnt cost that much money look into it guys and you won't be disappointeed billy