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Epoxy has 2 components, Resin and Hardener. In any given 'brand', what makes it actually cure at 5 minutes, or 15, or whatever. Is it both components, or does one component have a slightly different chemical cocktail for each cure level? Like for 24 hour cure, does it have X amount of cancer causing unpronounceable stuff, and at 30 minutes cure it has X+5 amounts of cancer causing unpronounceable stuff, and at 5 minutes cure it has X+10 amounts of cancer causing unpronounceable stuff?
For example, is all Bob Smith clear resin the same, and it's the hardener that is different? Or maybe it's the other way around? And because of this can you mix the generic component with timing component from a different batch (assuming the same product family) and actually change the cure time?
Clear as mud, right? :grin:
What makes epoxy....epox at different times? :lol:
(PS, I know it polymerizes or some such)
For example, is all Bob Smith clear resin the same, and it's the hardener that is different? Or maybe it's the other way around? And because of this can you mix the generic component with timing component from a different batch (assuming the same product family) and actually change the cure time?
Clear as mud, right? :grin:
What makes epoxy....epox at different times? :lol:
(PS, I know it polymerizes or some such)