injecting epoxy

[gert]

Get some of these from your dentist; a box of 50 is only $30 CA. (or get a partial box, mabie 20)
They'r perfect for getting epoxy into screw holes and small voids. Warm the goo with a light bulb first, it will run realy well.
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1342/858190315_f2e6310430_m.jpg
Considering what he's charging for my crown; he should give me a box.
He has more in my mouth than I have in boats ;-)

[Cuyahoga Chuck]

Get some of these from your dentist; a box of 50 is only $30 CA. (or get a partial box, mabie 20)
They'r perfect for getting epoxy into screw holes and small voids. Warm the goo with a light bulb first, it will run realy well.
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1342/858190315_f2e6310430_m.jpg
Considering what he's charging for my crown; he should give me a box.
He has more in my mouth than I have in boats ;-)

No need to put the arm on your dentist. Most woodworking supply houses sell something similar. Keyword "glue injector"

[ssor]

Any farm supply store has those in any size you desire and the price is always less than the wood workers store.

[JimConlin]

Also at stores offering home health care goods.

There's a larger (60 cc) size that I use mostly in larger assemblages where I can inject googe into the interior of a joint. When it oozes from the outside, I know it's got enough..

[Bob Cleek]

No need to heat the stuff with a light bulb, either. Just cook it up with a bic lighter flame held under a spoon.

[dmede]

I got a bunch from the pharmacist at my local drugstore. But I've found I almost never use them. For most small cracks and voids I feel like I get better penetration from a small plastic putty knife and some hot air (usually from a hair dryer but I'm sure I could just flap my gums instead :D )

[chuckm]

and mix the silica or west cabosil flakes and make a thicker glue and then inject also works. What plank #, where are you. I'm still on strake 5.;)

[mick allen]

in most of my s&g builds i used regular or thickened (usually microfibres or microballoons) epoxy applied by syringe in long areas. And during repeated applications my hands and arms would start shaking after about 10 min or so and most especially for the thickened after about 15 or 20 min as the epoxy slowly started to gel more and more and i hadn't really gotten the job done.

and of course my control would suffer and the epoxy lines would get a more than a little wobbly.

A lightbulb went off during one quivering, wavering episode - i just placed the thickened epoxy 60cc (2oz) syringe in a caulk gun! Instant nirvana.

No more constant squeezing (always under the pressure you squeeze) and the control is the best it could be.

use the cheapest non ratchet type of caulk guns (ratchet types put uneven pressure on and are more difficult to release). I run a pc of masking tape over the syringe to keep it in place. For small syringes, i put a block of ply with a smaller hole in front of the small syringe.

in the pic below, the small 10cc syringe actually fits the clk gun without mods.




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