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Old Sep 11, 2002 | 05:34 AM
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Fiberglass cure time

I want to get about 45 min of working time but the best I've been able to get is about 20 min. Any tricks to slow down the set time??
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Old Sep 11, 2002 | 07:42 AM
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Twenty minutes is pretty good - you may try less hardener in the resin, but I dunno about stretching it 45 minutes...

What are you trying to do?

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Old Sep 11, 2002 | 07:52 AM
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You might be able to get a slower curing resin through someone like Aircraft Spruce & Specialty...they offer free catalogs (HUGE...they even have a race catalog now too!)
http://www.aircraftspruce.com

You could use a little less hardener/activator, but that can only buy you a little time...too little hardener and you weaken the part. I have never timed how long mine lasts, but I doubt its even twenty minutes.
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