So I just put in my latest order from RR. A 3 gallon kit with fast hardener plus addy ‘F’ and some X-55 accelerator.
I have gotten my lams down significantly better. I timed my last bottom lam at around 20 minutes with a little fiddling, and it came out very well. The top one wasn’t so good, but that was because the recommended amount 15oz. did not wet out the 2 layers of 6oz cloth enough, ended up with lots of dry area on my laps.
So I am going to go with fast hardener now, what with fall coming along shortly and most especially so that the 6 hour wait for hot and gloss coats will be a thing of the past.
My question is concerning the warnings about heat generated while in the pot. The idea of course is to get the stuff mixed and out onto the board ASAP and then work it around.
What about if I was doing a resin swirl? The last time I did one, I mixed 3 different colors and a batch of clear as base, split the clear up into 5 cups and then added some of each color to each cup, swirled slightly and then proceeded to pour out onto the board.
Would that be too many steps with the resin sitting around, even in smaller amounts? (cups had 3-4 oz each)
Would it be safer to just mix the base in a large bucket and then add the colors, swirl, then pour it strategically on the board?
Just wondering how fast this stuff will generate heat. The guy at RR told me to watch out for heat, not to use FCS plugs even. I use Futures, so no prob there; what about a single fin box? … just add cabosil to the mix to dissipate heat?
Anyway, it will be nice to not have such a long wait time to flip. The rest will just be challenging.
thanks for any help.
Edit: I won’t be using the accelerator in the lam resin mixes, just the hot and gloss coats. I wouldn’t want to see if I could lam THAT fast, not yet…