New G/Flex Epoxy Resin

Well, I know that I'll be looking at this stuff in the spring, as my 14 ft boat needs some leak plugging along the rivet line. It may be worth trying in cues, as flexiblity is a good thing when glueing wood joints, IMO.
Dave
 
hillscues said:
Anyone one know about this looks cool. http://www.jamestowndistributors.com/userportal/show_product.do?pid=8694&campaign=email121210
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Here is a link to the adhesion data from West.
This is like alot of other new to market toughened epoxies that in the past decade or so, have been proprietary products.
You will need to do your own testing to see if it is right for you and your application.

http://www.westsystem.com/ss/g-flex-epoxy-adhesion-data/

There, try that one.
 
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hillscues said:
Anyone one know about this looks cool. http://www.jamestowndistributors.com/userportal/show_product.do?pid=8694&campaign=email121210
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Thanks for Link I may try some out. Coming from west It may be better, but It looks similar to T-88 which if mixed correctly, not over doing It on the hardener, remains somewhat flexible. It's pretty thick stuff though, so caution must be taken to prevent blowouts, but I've never had It break down as long as It was mixed correctly. Too much hardener can make It brittle though as with any epoxy. I wonder if they have This at My local west marine, I didn't see It listed online when I looked the other day. I may ride down there today after the rains coming our way pass.
 
It's not new. I have been using it for several years (time flies when you're having fun!). It is very strong and shock resistant (flex). It is also quite thick. I find it is very useful for some applications.
 
Glad to hear that It's good stuff, because I went down and picked some up this morning. They make 2 types, a fast setting epoxy with clear hardener, and then This G/flex with the amber color hardener. They seem much like the Quick Cure and the T-88, so They may make good replacements for the applications that I usually use those epoxies for. Same color hardeners, and they are also 1to1 Ratio. A few bucks more then the price in the link, but I still saved a few bucks on the shipping when all said and done, being that I was able to purchase locally.
 
Just a follow up, but I ran one of My tests, and It does seem like good epoxy.

One test that I run, Is that I take 2 tongue depressors that I use for mixing, and glue the flat ends together. They are smooth sanded, so less porous and hard for glue to penetrate. After the glue is dry, I pull them apart and see what the results are. Last week I tried this with about 4 different epoxies, with most of them, the glue Itself broke down, and no wood was ripped off. I did have one of the epoxies that ripped a sliver off, but the bond still was not that good and some of the epoxy itself broke down like the others. I ran this same test on this G-flex last night, and even in cold conditions the bond was excellent, no epoxy break down, all wood was ripped off to get them apart. Needless to say I was pretty impressed, so I'll be using this stuff more often.


Thanks for posting the link and the feedback on It.

Greg
 
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