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Location: Otsego, MN | I made my spinning drying wheel last night and it works great! Now I am finally ready to epoxy the ~15 baits I have sitting around painted and was curious how great of an effect temperature has... I wanted to do this in my garage but its about 55-60oF most nights now and wasn't sure if that would hurt the finish.
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| Temp and humidity are big factors in hardening times. I use a small space heater all year long near the wheel. It cures the epoxy an hour or 2 faster. Did some last night in my garage and it was upper 40's overnight. I left the small heater on. This morning they were cured and ready to coat again. |
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| I leave mine overnight in the basement , its not real warm ,nit sure exact temps but not warm by any means . They do not have to be cured to put the next layer on . It will help to warm up the epoxy before putting it on , it makes it brush on easier . I just sit the bottles in warm water for a few minutes before mixing it . |
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| For me room temp is the best, I've had it cure in 4 hours once but I mixed the epoxy for a long time. I would just say keep it in room tempature |
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Location: Waconia,MN | It won't hurt the finish, it'll just take much much longer to fully cure. |
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Location: Otsego, MN | good to know. Thanks fellas!
I will give it a try soon and upload some pics of my first baits.  |
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Location: WI | If you look in the instructions it says 70+ degrees for proper cure. I have done over 2000 lures with etex and can tell you that the warmer and drier the environment the better. I paint on the basement but clear coat in the family room. ( yeah my wife loves it!). You can speed up the drying process by getting the room closer to 80. |
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Location: Waconia,MN | I do it in the laundry room, the good thing about etex is it has very little to no odor.
Edited by muskie tamer 10/7/2014 1:20 PM
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Location: Minnesota: where it's tough to be a sportsfan! | Ha ha I love reading through all that. I only do baits in the winter. My shop you start out with a coat and hat on, it finally warms up a bit, but my rack is in a cooler room. I normally give a bait overnight and the next day before I stick my big thumb print on it. Messing with the baits before they are hard to the touch is not good unless you are adding another coat. |
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Location: Otsego, MN | I'm not sure the lady will allow me to do this in the house... I think I will do as jakejusa says and just extend the drying time and give the baits a full day or two before touching or putting a second layer on. I was thinking of 2-3 layers to ensure a good seal but I will see what the baits look like after 2.
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Location: Glen Ellyn Il | My basement it's at 60 deegrees all the time, I have no problem with e-tex, usually the next day I can do another coat, about 12 to 14 hours. I done 4 baits just last batch and I used Devcon 2-ton/ 30 minutes, its really fast, but you need to add a few drops of de-natured alchool to thin itn out , does not effect the mix at all, also has a great hard finish, draw back you only get less than 30 minutes more like 15 minutes working time
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