Thread: Epoxy Resin

Our local Bunnings were getting rid of an 'unknown' brand of epoxy, when I was in today. Marked down to $10 a tin.

Maybe check your local Bunnings?

I use Megapoxy HX (low exotherm version of H) check for a distributor near you here http://megapoxy.com. It only comes in 5 and 20 litre kits though, for 5 litres it was around $35/litre and 20 litres it was around $20/litres, but it has gone up recently.

Originally Posted by cava

Our local Bunnings were getting rid of an 'unknown' brand of epoxy, when I was in today. Marked down to $10 a tin.

Maybe check your local Bunnings?

checked out my Bunnings, only have that Protite stuff, which I think is a poly.

just ordered some milliput so i'll have a play with that to on some bowls. Any use it?

The Platnum brand on ebay is a good price and fine if you're not doing thick pours , ie fine for casting pen blank slabs etc .You can buy it in small volumes .
Ted

Originally Posted by brainstrust

just ordered some milliput so i'll have a play with that to on some bowls. Any use it?

Never heard of it. Is it a clear casting resin or a epoxy coating system? Where from? Be careful of Epoxies off Ebay, they are very critical to proportions, with some having troubles setting properly.

Originally Posted by dai sensei

Never heard of it. Is it a clear casting resin or a epoxy coating system? Where from? Be careful of Epoxies off Ebay, they are very critical to proportions, with some having troubles setting properly.

its a 2 part epoxy putty. you mould it together like play dough and when it dries I believe it goes resin hard and you can sand it and so forth.

Platinum epoxy is a clear casting epoxy. I used it when I first started off and had no problems with it , then changed to Megapoxy HX which now costs $110 for 4 liters from the factory ,Vivacity Engineering .
The staff there are very enthusiastic about their product and wanted to know what I was using it for , so when I purchased my second batch from them , I took a few samples along to show them and managed to sell them a hybred pen which defrayed the cost of the resin a bit . The pen now sits on their sample shelf .
Ted

The more you buy the less you pay. I buy 20-30 litres at a time and it delivered to my door around $20 per litre.

Originally Posted by brainstrust

its a 2 part epoxy putty. you mould it together like play dough and when it dries I believe it goes resin hard and you can sand it and so forth.

That's different. Where did you get it and how much if you don't mind me asking

I have used something similar for car repairs but a dark grey/black product bought in a small tube

Hi Guys
What is the shelf life of the Megapoxy in its liquid form?
When cured is it food safe?
I have been trying to hold off starting to use epoxies,but have too much "good" timber scraps laying around cluttering up the cave(yeah I know it will be another slippery slope,but better than wasting a resource!).
Cheers
Gidgee 1

Originally Posted by dai sensei

That's different. Where did you get it and how much if you don't mind me asking....

I thought that Milliput was mention on the forum in the past. I have not tried this but do see an advantage when using this on a piece that is not round as you don't need to build a wall around the void. I watch Peter Brown on his youtube channel do exactly this on a bowl.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfwm9KcbDhQ

Originally Posted by dai sensei

That's different. Where did you get it and how much if you don't mind me asking

I have used something similar for car repairs but a dark grey/black product bought in a small tube

Only ordered it the other day and it hasn't arrived yet!!!
I "shopped around" online and found this place to be pretty reasonable
https://www.hobbytools.com.au/puttie...for-modelling/

Not the best example of milliput. It does give a very resin type finish.