im using a epoxy for make school boards ,i get a epoxy very difficult for laminate because is no so much liquid ,is possible to use like thinner the alchool 95 percent ,if someone still using this technique ,can i have advice if i using 10 % of total make problems with curing ,usually i did before with alchol 100% ,but now i didn t find .
thanks for all will reply to my question.
patrick
I’ve used xylene at 10%. Actually seems to make it cure faster! One serious drawback, however, is that xylene is as toxic as acetone.
Lately I’ve been using a trick I read here on Swaylocks and carefully zapping my epoxy, prior to adding hardener, in the microwave for no more than about 10 seconds (depending upon amount). Seems to work well, especially in the cold weather we’ve been having lately here in San Diego. Thins it out and speeds up the set time, which may or may not be desirable.
I’m heating up my epoxy resin too. Otherwise the solids come out cloudy. I have a single-burner plug-in coil and a pan in my garage. Pour the resin in a clean metal quart paint can (bought at a paint store - never had any paint in it), put the can in water in the pan, heat it up until its clear. Then pour into measured plastic mixing bucket, add hardener, go to it.
Its no good for hotcoating, though, runs off too much and you get voids. trust me, it sucks. 
For that, the spaceheater comes out into the garage. And an electric blanket goes over the laminated board to warm that up instead of the resin until right before hotcoating…
Heat up a pot of water, use a water thermometer. Set the resin in the pot for 10 minutes before use.
thanks retroman for your advice
where i can find xilene ,and what is used normally in the industry,my problem is not the temperature just because i work in indonesia ,here is hot ,just because this epoxy have a low viscosity ,i try with the alcool yesterday work fine but not too much ,i will like to test this xilene ,so if someone can tell what used for generally.
thanks patrick
I don’t know if you could get it in Indo but it is a rather common solvent here in the US. Sold at hardware stores, etc. As I said it is toxic so you must a wear respirator or definitely use it with very good ventilation. When it has evaporated from the board there will be very little or no smell.
I believe it is a wood product, as denoted by the prefix ‘xy-’ (for example, xylophone, xylocaine, etc.).
Xylene is a fairly common solvent here in the US available at hardware, home improvement type stores, etc. As I said it is fairly toxic, akin to acetone, so either wear a good respirator or work in an area with very good ventilation. It has a strong, rather sickly sweet smell, so you (and others in the immediate area) will know about it.
I believe it is a wood product, as denoted by the prefix “xy-” (for example, xylophone, xylocaine, etc.).