Epoxy blowing up the house?

General Discussion
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Seems like Denatued Alcohol and Additive F are they only things too worry about catching fire when glassing Epoxy. But how worried? Is it safe to use in the basement next to gas furnace, gas water heater, and a gas dryer. Really don’t feel like blowing myself up. Neither does my wife. Thanks.

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additive F is used in very small amounts but it is still flammable so ALWAYS error on the side of caution. A closed space like a basement with no ventilation + any type of flammible material sounds like bad news.

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  1. Try out different scenarios, close to the furnace away from the furnace, furnace on, furnace off…

  2. Test all possibilities, additive F and Metho, metho by itself…

  3. Report back on your findings…

  4. Add info to the resource section…

  5. Make a donation to Swaylocks…:-))

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Find an old (free) 'fridge on craigslist.

Install in garage/basement/workshop.

Keep all solvents/chemicals/ethylmethylbadshits in there.

Fires on the outside won’t get in for a while. Fires on the inside won’t spread (no o2). Nothing will smell. And the relatively constant temperature will help prolong shelf-lives.

Oh yeah - don’t plug it in or anything. Its just a vault.

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While the stuff that’s given off by epoxy curing is generally not as nasty as the styrene and acetone variants given off by curing polyester, ya don’t really want to be doing it in a spot that hasn’t got some pretty good ventilation. Let alone skin sensitising issues which are downright unpleasant.

And that isn’t your average cellar - may I strongly suggest you find a different place to do your glassing? Plus the inevitable basement dust, soot, smeg in general that’ll mess up your nice glass job…

hope that’s of use

doc…

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Assuming your basement has any windows/doors… you’ll be fine keeping them open, simply for you own health. There’s no danger of explosion from vapors. There is danger of fire from spills if they occur near an open flame. Normal use won’t put enough vapors in the air to reach dangerous levels. If it did, you’d be feeling pretty sick from it long before that. If you spill a large amount on the floor, however, the room could rapidly fill with vapors, depending on how big your space is.

Store the volitiles away from flame, keep the lids on tight, and clean up any spills with absorbant material immediately, then dispose of them in an outside garbage can.

I’ve done lots of glassing in a very small room, right next to my gas furnace and hot water heater. Just use your head.

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thanks all.

Is it even an issue with just the fumes? It’s not like I’m pouring the stuff into furnace. Open can, pour small amount, close can, mix. I’ll contact RR and ask if they know the ratio of air and add f fumes where it will ignite.

There is ventilation. One window and bilco doors that open up into the backyard plus fans circulating air. Mostly worried because soon I’m moving into the city and will have a basement with no bilco doors and only two small windows. Looked around in the archive and found some people using ventilation systems to circulate air. Might have to look into that. Def like the fridge vault idea. thanks.

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Quote:
1. Try out different scenarios, close to the furnace away from the furnace, furnace on, furnace off....

  1. Test all possibilities, additive F and Metho, metho by itself…

  2. Report back on your findings…

  3. Add info to the resource section…

  4. Make a donation to Swaylocks…:-))

Methinks you need to change your collating sequence for this list of items…

-Samiam