Mixing small amounts of epoxy

[JDCAVE]

The small liquid medicine “dosing cups” are excellent for mixing small amounts of epoxy (Silvertip “A” and “B”). Available for free if you have a kind pharmacist.

Also useful for measuring fuel additives for outboards.

Jim

 

[sean9c]

Also stick with the 2 to 1 mix ratio epoxies like System 3, the 5 to 1 ratio like West System are hard to measure in small quantities.

 

[psneeld]

Not necessary for less than perfect specs, but sometimes the recommended way is to go by weight... a kitchen or mail scale is often used.

 

[DennisB1]

I have been using a west system epoxy. G-Flex 655 thickened expo y. It comes in two tubes with 50/50!eye ball mix. It is very handy as you can mix very small amounts for example to insert one or several bungs into a teak deck.

 

[Simi 60]

Scales for big batch

Small batch I use cheap disposable plastic cups and draw measured lines on with marking pen.
Use medicine cup filled with water, poured into disposable cup to get levels
Mark X 50 at a time

 

[jgwinks]

The small liquid medicine “dosing cups” are excellent for mixing small amounts of epoxy (Silvertip “A” and “B”). Available for free if you have a kind pharmacist.

Also useful for measuring fuel additives for outboards.

Jim

And if you can't scam some free ones, the Dixie bathroom cups work too.

 

[jgwinks]

Empty Purell or liquid hand soap bottles squirt about 1/8 ounce. You just have to remember to count out whatever the ratio is. I used to work in a health facility, we were going through about 10 sanitizer bottles a week. I took some home, cleaned them out with alcohol and filled with resin and hardener.

 

[Bmarler]

I use different pump sets for west system. I have the gallon kit for bigger jobs with the slower hardener, and the quart kit with fast hardener for small stuff. The small kit makes a pretty small batch.
I use pumps for the system three as well, but usually only in big batches for laminating.

 

[SIBERNUT]

Remember, sticking unused mixed resin in the freezer stops the set. Fix what got screwed up, & you have a second chance. Or, use the extra elsewhere