Mark K
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Post by Mark K on Jul 10, 2024 17:41:31 GMT -5
I mixed epoxy with acetone as per the directions in the video I saw here. At first, everything looked great. The epoxy dissolved like it is supposed to and I put a rock in to be stabilized. Fast forward about a week and I have a can of acetone and chicken fat. It really looks just like raw chicken fat. It jiggles like jello and does not mix back in with the acetone. Anyone ever seen this before? That was about $15 experiment that failed.
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Post by liveoak on Jul 11, 2024 9:17:48 GMT -5
I've seen that video, and honestly wondered how it could actually work with that much acetone to epoxy, & that they didn't mix the epoxy parts together first to let it get activated (start working) - Your results are about what I would expect from those directions.
I've had good results stabilizing with mixing the epoxy first, wait for it to start getting warm & then add up to 30% (no more) by volume of acetone.
Patty
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Post by opalpyrexia on Jul 11, 2024 13:54:32 GMT -5
... Fast forward about a week and I have a can of acetone and chicken fat. It really looks just like raw chicken fat. It jiggles like jello and does not mix back in with the acetone. Anyone ever seen this before? That was about $15 experiment that failed.
Here's what I think happened. Dissolving the epoxy in acetone would not prevent the epoxy from curing. With the molecules dispersed in the acetone, they would still slowly cure as individual molecule pairs, or pair multiples, but not be able to create a solid mass.
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Post by Mark K on Jul 13, 2024 13:21:25 GMT -5
The stuff, now that it is dried out, is kind of like old dried out rubber bands except that it doesn't break like one.
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