Reliable epoxy

Brett Mathews said:
Joe can I ask what the colloidial silica filler does to or for the epoxy. Thanks
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All epoxies require some thickness of the glue in order to work. About .005" I believe. The filler prevents you from
squeezing out the epoxy beyond the size of the filler beads, thus ensuring the needed gap. I tend to use glass
enamel powders myself because I have a large selection available (with only a minor risk of marital mayhem if
I use the wrong one :)).
 
Thanks for sharing all your knowledge and experience everyone. I'd also like to know what purpose the silica filter serves?? I think I'm gonna try out the West System and Acraglas and see how they do at different jobs for me.
 
Dan Pierson said:
All epoxies require some thickness of the glue in order to work. About .005" I believe. The filler prevents you from
squeezing out the epoxy beyond the size of the filler beads, thus ensuring the needed gap.
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That makes sense... cool, I learned something today :)
 
12345678910 said:
You will have to buy their applicator gun, or make up something.
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Don't think so. I'm going to use a piece of wood. :D


Re colloidal silica, it will increase the strength, and is used for filleted joints. However it will make it less flexible. Wood fibres would be a better additive for our application.
 
I'm just responding in here so that in the future I can reference this thread by doing a search for my name in this forum. I'll be trying to put handle scales on a Spyderco Mule sometime in the future.
 
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