Quote Originally Posted by Neale View Post
I don't think that you can blame the quality of the epoxy. It did what it was designed to do. I think that epoxies containing solvents are typically used for coating, so that they spread well - which is what your epoxy did! They are definitely not recommended for use as adhesives or fillers, mainly because of the shrinkage as the solvent evaporates. However, I didn't know this either until a couple of days ago when I read an article on the use of epoxies for adhesives and coating! Something to watch out for if anyone is looking for an alternative to the usual named brands.
Hi Neale,
This is specifically a casting epoxy, its not a coating epoxy. It specifically says 0.1% shrinkage in its technical sheet, and by no means its a cheap epoxy , its simply cheaper than imported WS epoxies.
I also read a lot of documents about epoxy and all say the same- 3 types of shrinkage, and exactly this type is due to non reacting solvents. This is not shrinkage due to temperature cause it happens after the initial hardening. From the company started to argue with me, saying this is not possible, it never happened, until the moment they understood that i know a lot of sh^t about epoxy and they agreed that this was because of the cheap solvents. That was the moment they agreed to break their policy of no return, once its opened.