Guys,
I’m going to be working with some D-Cell HCP 50 to ballast an underwater robot. That particular D-cell product is good down to about 500 meters, and I’m going to be gluing sheets of it together with an epoxy. Can I just use RR or do I need a system rated for much deeper depths?
All epoxies are non compressable so all will probably work similar.
Thanks!
I think you need to have a structural epoxy. 1 part to 4 part or a 1 part to 5 part. I know that you can get the stuctural information from West Systems web site. Should be avalible from systems three or other epoxies. I would not want to use a 1-1 or a 1-2 for what you are doing . I did a underwater epoxy job with Epoxy Systems Hawaii that met military spec (1987) it was a 1-5 and was pigmented gray. Used about 500 gal of epoxy and as far as I know it is still in good condition and still underwater after 20years. Ahui hou- Wood_Ogre
RR is a structural epoxy. Mix ratio doesn’t always have to do with structure , used to but new tech makes that not so. Read the numbers , resinresearch.net. We compare to any RT cure epoxy in stuctral applications.
Thanks, Greg. I greatly prefer epoxies that mix in the 2:1 ratio than the West stuff. I ran out of RR on my last ding repair and ended up finishing with a West system and wasn’t too happy with the West system.
Greg, wasn’t puting down your resin. Just trying to get the point across to do the home work. As a resin formulator you sure know a heck of a lot more about it than I do. I do know that the formulators for Hawaii Epoxy systems could mix up a brew for just about anything. Ahui hou- Wood_Ogre