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Safety

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Heat up the Part A Epoxy Base Resin Before Use

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Pitfalls & Tips

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Safety

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Heat up the Part A Epoxy Base Resin Before Use

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Steps

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Steps

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Steps

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 ===Epoxy and Hardener will smoke/heat up if a moderate to large amount is left in a mixing container===
 Our Epoxy has a strong exothermic reaction. If you leave it in a container after mixing with the hardener, within 5 minutes or so it will start to react - smoking and heating up. This means that '''epoxy should be applied immediately after mixing'''. The larger the batch of epoxy, the more dangerous. You can demonstrate this danger on your own, by mixing a 1/2 cup of epoxy with hardener in a small paper cup. Within a few minutes the cup will be hot to the touch, and may steam. Use caution when testing. It's important to understand this danger, but test in a non-hazardous environment.
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 Some epoxy and hardener mixtures handle being laid down thicker than others.
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+==Tips & Techniques==
 ===Heat up the Part A Epoxy Base Resin Before Use===
 The epoxy works best when heated before mixing. For example, if you have a 5 gallon pail of epoxy, a 5 gallon pail heater can be put on the outside for 10-20 minutes beforehand. The goal is to have the epoxy be liquid, as if like a bottle of water. You want to avoid having the epoxy be thick before application. If the epoxy is thick when you mix it with the hardener, it may mix unevenly, and as a result not all of the epoxy may cure.

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	Some epoxy and hardener mixtures handle being laid down thicker than others.		Some epoxy and hardener mixtures handle being laid down thicker than others.
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 We currently sell a few different epoxy products, therefore this will be a general page for our epoxy products. While most of this will pertain to all epoxy products, the amounts of Resin to Hardener (whether 5 parts to 1 or 3 parts to 1) may differ.
-Common Applications for Epoxy include Coating on top of concrete, plastic, and metal.
+Common Applications for Epoxy include Coating on top of concrete, plastic, and metal. It is typically a thin layer.
 Contact us at <info> <at> advancecoatings.com for an SDS sheet.

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 ===Heat up the Part A Epoxy Base Resin Before Use===
 The epoxy works best when heated before mixing. For example, if you have a 5 gallon pail of epoxy, a 5 gallon pail heater can be put on the outside for 10-20 minutes beforehand. The goal is to have the epoxy be liquid, as if like a bottle of water. You want to avoid having the epoxy be thick before application. If the epoxy is thick when you mix it with the hardener, it may mix unevenly, and as a result not all of the epoxy may cure.
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 ===Steps===
-* Warm up Epoxy, let to sit until thin.
+* Warm up Epoxy with a low power heater, let to sit until thin.
 * Calculate appropriate proportion of Part A (Epoxy), and Part B (Hardener).
 * Plan where you will be applying the epoxy.

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 * Apply mixture to surface (without delay, as mixture will react).
-Note that these steps omit obvious other tasks that may be required, such as cleaning a surface for imperfections. Those will be be handled in [[Application Notes]].
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