What the wife doesn't know...

Who Hoo, my wife is gone for a few hours! You know what that means? It means I’m using epoxy and Bondo in the house! Forget that 38 degree garage. Covering evidence by using sage smudge stick. Wish me luck upon her return.

Good luck with that sage stick buddy. She's gonna know exactly what you've been up to. This falls under the old adage of "sometimes it's better to ask for forgiveness than permission".

-Bob

I agree with Bruiser, resistance is futile. My solution is garage and space heater.

samb said:

I agree with Bruiser, resistance is futile. My solution is garage and space heater.

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+1, if there is an accident....

if you're talking body putty...good luck trying to cover that. you might get a pass on epoxy if you are neat and have a candle lit or fire in the fireplace (bonus points for having dinner ready). but they will know that you've been up to something.
Rex

Stan said:

Who Hoo, my wife is gone for a few hours! You know what that means?

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Don't forget and leave it in the VCR. Oh wait, it's not the 90s anymore...

[joke mode: on]

Hunny, where you going?
To the store, to buy smokes..
Why you taking your suitcase?!
'cuse it really far away!
But wait, you don't smoke..
I'll learn!!

that was 5 years ago. I wonder if she got matches?

Bake some chocolate chip cookies, that masks things pretty well, and then you have a nice snack when done with the building session.

Boy the hoops you guys have to jump through.

Still better than using her sewing machine to sew loops in kevlar tubes and jamming that bad boy up. Or setting your pump can of West system epoxy on the window sill and it leaks, or............. BTW never use her good scissors to cut fire retardant chute protectors. Not that I have done any of this recently.

GlenP said:

Bake some chocolate chip cookies, that masks things pretty well, and then you have a nice snack when done with the building session.

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Bacon might work even better. Mmmm...bacon...

My wife is pretty good about me using epoxy in the house. If she says anything I'll put a box fan next to me blowing into the next room away from her. Seems to dissipate it enough to stop the complaints.

my wife just informed me I had to get my space heater out of my rocket shed. Something about insurance requirements. Her solution? Split units! I'm allowed to get them after the taxes are done!

You're not going to get rid of the Bondo odor with a smudge stick . . .

Maybe if you open all the windows . .

But then the whole house will be 38 degrees . .

So you might as well just go out in the garage.

Just don't glue your wife's foot to the linoleum. That did not work out well.

Ummm - I'm a wife. Trust me, she is going to know. What happens after that depends on her amusement level. For me, Wayco can use anything except the red putty stuff. I hate the smell of the red putty stuff. I don't know what it is, I don't WANT to know what it is - it's just NOT going to be in the house. And I'll be able to tell.

Just tell her "Hey It's My House Too, Now Get In The Kitchen And Make My Supper!"
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And then out loud say "I'm sorry, I thought the smell would be gone before you got home.. I ran the sweeper to make up for it. I love you honey"

Who prefers the smell of burning sage to the smell of Bondo? Are you trying to obscure the smell of the volatiles, or exorcise them?

Want to go down a rat hole? Try googling "Home Wet Scrubber + Paint Fumes"

Stan said:

Who Hoo, my wife is gone for a few hours! You know what that means? It means I’m using epoxy and Bondo in the house! Forget that 38 degree garage. Covering evidence by using sage smudge stick. Wish me luck upon her return.

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Its your house do whatever you want. If your wife respects you and you respect her their would be a common ground of agreement that she knows you would not hurt the house. As long as you cleaned up your mess left no lasting effects then no problem.

Wow! Have fun.....sometimes getting in trouble is worth the fun you had building inside!!! I am lucky....I have complete permission to build indoors.....with limitations of course...
Andrew

But still.......get a fan and open a window or two for a few minutes........
Puppy eyes can work too, in a pinch.

BSNW said:

Puppy eyes can work too, in a pinch.

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This sounds gruesome. Do you have to remove the eyes from the puppy yourself, or can you buy them separate?

edit: <jk>

Stan said:

Who Hoo, my wife is gone for a few hours! You know what that means? It means I’m using epoxy and Bondo in the house! Forget that 38 degree garage. Covering evidence by using sage smudge stick. Wish me luck upon her return.

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Uh no. Wives can always tell when something's up. This ain't gonna work. Sigh, I do get it tho. Heating up my shed with a space heater (which can take a while to do at 28 degrees). I haven't been able to do any epoxy work the last few weeks. Too darned cold. Forget painting too.

Don.....man I truly feel bad for you....I mean it....that sucks.

BSNW said:

Don.....man I truly feel bad for you....I mean it....that sucks.

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Southern Colorado at 8000 feet. Sangres de Cristo mtns out my frontdoor at 14K. Yes, we be very cold here. Snow everywhere, but at least it's starting to melt here in patches. I can at least get to my shed's front door without boots. Man oh man, just had to be a BAR beginning in late Sept of last year, got a few builds done including an Estes Star Orbiter (I LOVE this kit, got another one too).

Just say the epoxy wont set up right unless above 38 degrees and it might lead to a compromised glue joint and/or a disastrous rocketry accident. You want to be safe right?

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Just say the epoxy wont set up right unless above 38 degrees and it might lead to a compromised glue joint and/or a disastrous rocketry accident. You want to be safe right?

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I love that line of reasoning!...."Dear, you want me to be safe....right?" well done, I like it.
Andrew

Stan said:

Who Hoo, my wife is gone for a few hours! You know what that means? It means I’m using epoxy and Bondo in the house! Forget that 38 degree garage. Covering evidence by using sage smudge stick. Wish me luck upon her return.

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Poor Stan . . .

She must have come home early and "caught him in the act" . . . R.I.P. Buddy !

LOL !

Dave F.

Yeah... no. My wife is extraordinarily sensitive to all kinds of smells. It isn't just that she doesn't like them, they can make her physically ill. We can't go in stores that use potpourri, or neat the perfume aisle at Sears, just going to church (even when it isn't full of Easter flowers or something) can give her a lasting headache from people wearing perfume (in ordinary, almost unnoticeable amounts). Almost any kind of paint (latex paint and most house paints aren't too bad), or solvent with aromatic properties will be detectable by her for days after use. Even painting in the garage can be a no-no. Epoxy usually flies under the radar if used in the basement or garage and in small amounts. When I am epoxying in large amounts (think, patching a watering trough) I need to be outside in warm weather.

The good news here is that she actually *wants* me to be able to do these things, so our retirement plan includes buying a house with a heated outbuilding for rockets, trains, and other toys.

Must not have gone well.


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RIP Dude!

It is what it is. Get a canarie and if it is still alive after you glue or paint or what not you will be fine. Just tell your wife it will be fine. If she respects you then you have nothing to worry about. Its the wives who don't respect their husbands who throw a fit and think everything the husband does is gonna ruin something.