i was reading on flexcoat suggest finish and acetone mix and i have trying some and i got regsn and hardness measure even up and i'm not sure what should i measure acetone before put 3 together and mix, otherwise i have trying without acetone and it did blurry and tons of bubble in mix cup so should i add a acetone in ??
i was measure for a practice in 1.5 resgsin and 1.5 hardness and what measure acetone ..
i have other already put on without acetone and look nice but want to do with acetone..
any help with good explain would help me understand better..
Josh

There is no reason to add acetone to your epoxy. It will ultimately create more problems than it will solve.

Mix slowly so you do not get bubbles to begin with and do not brush the epoxy around on the wraps. That only creates more bubbles.

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Tom,
what do u mean by say " do not brush exopy around the wrap " ? well i have do somethings practice and when i put acetone on and mix and it turn into clear and bubble gone and i put on brush and put on wrap and cover it all with brush and let it dry and didnt see any bubble. but if i dont do brush what will the expoy going to do ? spread over byself when rotato, i'm trying to do something to make expoy look nice and smooth like other rods...

I "think" he means do not brush it and brush it and brush it around the rod. I believe the correct way is to hold the brush on the rod thread wrap....and turn the rod.....slowly pushing the epoxy forward as the brush is being held down on the thread. I am quite the rookie so this may not be what he meant. My understanding is that it is the way to apply the expoxy.

josh here is a video tutorial from Kevin Knox

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Josh,
Really not a good idea to mix acetone with any two part epoxy finish. Basically, the acetone will weaken the finish and change its chemical makeup.
One big issue wiht mixing acetone is that the two part epoxy cures by a chemical reaction. Acetone evaporates as a function of temperature and other factors. If the acetone does not evaporate before the finish skins over, you will be left eith entrapped acetone which will never evaporate.



Take care
Roger

Load the brush and lower it to the wrap from above. Rotate the rod one turn. That's all you have to do. The more time you spend messing around withe epoxy, the more bubbles you'll create and the more problems you'll have.

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thanks guys, now i got it through i just doing the 3rd guide w/o acetone and mix with high finish coat slow and hold it and result cost is just a shine and smooth ..
thanks very much for a explain... high 5 thumb up
josh

doing the large guide w/o cp result ulgy color no life of gold, then doing 2nd guide with acetone just i did today not result yet but doing 3rd guide with what they guys say about hold brush w/o acetone and much better than 1 and 2nd guide on old broke rod... learn fast and fun