Epoxy for cord wrapped handles.

[sinawalli]

What sort of epoxy do you use for a cord wrapped handle to seal it? Thanks!

 

[Burchtree]

West Systems epoxy. Can be bought from Lee Valley Veritas.

 

[psriley]

If it's a tactical/survival type knife, part of the function of having cordwrap is that you can unwrap it and use it in a pinch (bootlace, guy-line, first-aid, etc). So dual-wrap it really tight with paracord and leave it.

Otherwise, any two-part apoxy works well. Also, any of the "goo" products work okay too (Shoo-goo, Plumber's Goo, Etc).

Cheers,

psr

 

[Tim-Gabz]

Hi Siniwalli,

I have done many knives and made many messes. I carry one in the car to remind me of how bad it can look if you screw up. Globs etc.

Epoxy coated/soaked paracord provides an excellent grip but also needs to be durable without loosing the benefit of this grip.

I threw in the towel on using two separate tube epoxies as I never managed a decent mix. I found a dual syringe and have settled on Alcolin.

This I mix with 50% 1:1 thinners and apply to an inplace tightly wound paracord and work it in with clean hands. When it has dried I repeat this and lastly an application with 1/3 thinners worked in.

This allows for keeping the colours of the paracord near to original.

Keep away from dust. Enjoy

 

[David Wesner]

Tim what type of "thinners" are you using ??

 

[Tim-Gabz]

Hardware clear Laquer thinners. Something I forgot is that the cheaper, dyed, paracord can run with thinners and you will need to start with the thicker mix.

It is usually a good idea to try this on a broom handle with some bootlaces, at least your spouse will have a good grip on house cleaning.