loctite epoxy & corby bolts

UnixDork

UnixDork

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Although I'm no knifemaker yet, I thought this would be the place to ask. I'm re-handling a camp knife made for me by Max Ogg. I'm using black paper micarta and black fiber spacers.

I'm using Loctite "extra time" 2-part epoxy and corby bolts. My question is, I snugged the bolts down tight and clamped the scales and pushed out quite a bit of the epoxy. I'm really using this epoxy as a sealer more than anything else with the corby bolts. Will this epoxy being so thin still have any holding power? I roughed up the scales and the tang and the tang was already very flat. I guess it doesn't really matter but I'm curious. Thanks.
 
With Corby bolts the epoxy is a sealant more than an adhesive.You will be fine. In the future, just tighten the Corby's until snug.
Stacy
 
I asked too soon anyway. I'm now at about the 28th hour of the 60 minute set up time and it's still sticky.
 
try heating the whole thing up in the oven to 100F, if it doesn't set up in 30 minutes at that temp, it wasn't mixed well enough or it was a bad batch and you'll have to start over.
 
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