Rod Bond love the product but is there a better way to measure and dispense Rod Bond than with popsicle sticks?
I have never had a failure of harding or any other failure with it in anyway.
But I keep ending up with more hardener than resin, just wondering what if anything else you use to measure the parts out with?

I tried measuring spoons, to hard to get out once you scoop it up and too messy!!



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/10/2008 08:06PM by Tim Hurst.

Tim
I use large plastic syringes available through veterinary supply houses. Make certain they have large enough tips to pass the components. They make use easy as you can lay out similar lines of resin and hardener.

Stan Grace
Helena, MT
"Our best is none too good"

Great Idea, Stan!! Thanks

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!!

Stainless steel mixing spoons. A set of five spoons runs about 5.00. Use the size spoon according to how much you need to mix. Scoop out with a popcicle stick then rinse with a paper towel soaked with alcohol.

I use "Cath Tip Syringes" 60cc. You can get them at any medical supply shop, but if you had a good friend or family that works in a hospital they might be able to get you one rather cheap. Never had any problems with the spoons but it just a little less messy with the cath tips.

Big John
Rio Hondo, Texas
Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting

Tim - the best way is indeed stainless measuring spoons, similar to the ones used for kitchen work. The stainless spoons facilitate wiping them out with a simple paper towel, as well as leveling the scoop when you pull it from the container. THey can be cleaned with acetone or denatured alcohol every now and again to keep them really clean. We scoop the measures out of the spoons with a wooden stick, which is the same one we use to mix it all up.

We place the measures in a finishing cup (like used for mixing epoxy) and stir with a wooden stick. If we end up with anything extra it's a complete mix, not an excess of one of the parts.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but mixing this stuff is a bit messy. If that's too much for you, try the two-part Duco stuff in the tubes from Wal Mart or one of the big-box hardware stores. Nowhere near as good for the purpose but less work and mess, which seem to be your issues - - -

Uncle Russ
Calico Creek Rods

Thanks all for your replies.
Russ,
I'm not about to change to any thing else, just wanted to see if there was a better way to measure, I have a local craft store I watch and every once in a while they have the craft sticks on sale, 1000 sticks 2.00, I got about 10,000 right now.

Yes Rod Bond is messy but I'll coupe with it just because it is so good of a product, I won't change.

Tim; I have had the same problem as you. When the jars get near empty, there is always more of one than the other . I started using measuring spoons and popsicle sticks as Uncle Russ does. For a mixing surface I use a 4x4" pad of post-it notes. I leave the leftover on the pad to check for hardness. When I am finished with it , I just tear off the top sheet and trash it and I've got a new one ready for the next batch.

J.B.Hunt
Bowling Green, KY

I use popsicle sticks - I don't know how it can get easier. To ensure an even mix I use two sticks. I mix on the dull side of aluminum foil (less glare). Dip one stick in resin and lay it down on edge on the foil. Dip the next stick in hardener and lay it down next to the other one (don't touch resin). If the two amounts are close to the same then mix. If one is too large then adjust. When you have the amounts close in size then wipe it onto the foil and fold until mixed. Be very certain that you don't momentarily regress back to childhood and lick the stick!

Jay - you made me think of something else we do too. We save the mixing cup (or use a cut up small square of cardboard and we put a bit of the mix on the square). Next day (we usually wait 24hrs to obtain a cure) we use the cup or the square see if the stuff cured. Now I know we're not crazy. Well, not for that, anyway.

Incidentally, you can infer from an air-dried bit of the mix, that the stuff inside the grips, reel seats, etc., dried pretty much the same as well.

Uncle Russ
Calico Creek Rods

Chuck Mills spelled out the most efficient method. That's all that's needed.

There's no need to get uptight about measuring Rod Bond, IMO. Just eye-ball the volume of epoxy and hardener on two separate popsickle sticks - and don't contaminate the contents of either stick until they both look the same volume, in case you need to dip for a bit more or scrape some off to get the same relative volume of the two.components on each stick.

Measuring Rod Bond is so very simple and easy. Popsickle sticks are inexpensive and disposable after single use. No cleanup required.

Stan

Stan and Chuck have just described what Ralph O'Quinn (the formulator) described for mixing Rod Bond. I'll add this further instruction from him. When mixing, you want to fold it like spreading butter on bread, not stir it.

Bill in WV

Exactly right Bill! I did not really expand on that but it's how I do it. Spread thin, scrape back into a ridge, and over again a few times. It is much more efficient than stirring.