Jayhawk714 Posted December 10, 2020 Report Share Posted December 10, 2020 guidanceNeed some ideas on how to keep a epoxy pour in the mid to high 70's for curing. I live in the mountains of Idaho and my garage is not "heat" efficient by any means. During the night I might be able to keep it at around 50 degrees. So I need to maybe build a heat box or use some sort of heating blanket for or ??????? What do you think would be best. Over head heat lamp or a heating blanket. I have never made a river board but really want to so any ideas and guidance would be greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted December 10, 2020 Report Share Posted December 10, 2020 I've heard several folks mention using a heated (electric) blanket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted December 10, 2020 Report Share Posted December 10, 2020 Cardboard enclosure with a milk house heater. I've used that quite a few times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted December 10, 2020 Report Share Posted December 10, 2020 Interestingly enough this popped in my youtube feed. Different reason but similar technique. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drzaius Posted December 10, 2020 Report Share Posted December 10, 2020 I've built suitable enclosures out of cardboard, plywood scraps, tarps, whatever I have at hand & put an electric space heater inside. Even now that my shop is heated, I occasionally still do it if there's glue up or finish job that I want to cure quickly. Works like a charm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayhawk714 Posted December 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2020 Thank you one and all! I have an extra space heater so I'm going to try it and the cardboard box idea. And if I may ask another question, someplace I read that once you open the epoxy and hardener and left over cannot be saved. True or false? As spendy as it I hope that's false. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayhawk714 Posted December 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2020 4 hours ago, Chestnut said: Cardboard enclosure with a milk house heater. I've used that quite a few times. When you say cardboard enclosure does that include a top or only the sides? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted December 10, 2020 Report Share Posted December 10, 2020 Top, sides, even bottom. Depends on the cardboard box i have avilable and the project thatis going inside. 17 minutes ago, Jayhawk714 said: Thank you one and all! I have an extra space heater so I'm going to try it and the cardboard box idea. And if I may ask another question, someplace I read that once you open the epoxy and hardener and left over cannot be saved. True or false? As spendy as it I hope that's false. Once they are mixed the cannot be saved. I have individual resin and hardener containers that I opened years ago that are still good. I also have the small 5 min tubes that i used a portion of and it's still good. This is goign to vary specifically to the container of epoxy that you have though. If the epoxy you have is one of the units with a self mixing tip, the epoxy in the tip will harden rendering the remainder unusable. There are some of the mixing tip units that have replaceable tips and the kits come with multiple tips..... this gets complicated quickly. If you can post a link to a specific product and better advice can be given. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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