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Offline Eric Krewson

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Tacky smooth-on
« on: May 01, 2017, 08:39:37 am »
Abandoning Unibond because of issues and I bought some smooth-on to try. A couple of days ago I glued on some nock overlays with it. I mixed equal parts by weight for the glue-up. What squeezed out is as hard as a rock but still feels a little tacky to the touch. Is this normal? I put the bow blank in my drying box at 100 degrees overnight but the excess glue still has a bit of tackiness to it.
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Offline BowEd

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Re: Tacky smooth-on
« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2017, 08:50:12 am »
I've seen that too and the other way too.Not tacky.When tacky maybe it was'nt mixed enough.
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Offline Bob Barnes

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Re: Tacky smooth-on
« Reply #2 on: May 01, 2017, 09:14:49 am »
I'll be watching this thread Eric... I have lots of bamboo and osage to glue and was about to buy some unibond, since it seems to be the go-to glue these days... it stinks that we can't get urac any more...
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Offline PatM

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Re: Tacky smooth-on
« Reply #3 on: May 01, 2017, 10:02:24 am »
It seems like it's more likely to be amine blush if the squeeze out itself is rigid. Amine blush is fairly common and certain conditions exacerbate it.
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Offline bubby

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Re: Tacky smooth-on
« Reply #4 on: May 01, 2017, 12:16:59 pm »
Haven't had that problem but it says you can go 2 to 1 and i have been going closer to that than 1 to 1
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Offline BowEd

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Re: Tacky smooth-on
« Reply #5 on: May 01, 2017, 12:18:42 pm »
I don't even measure or weigh.I eye ball it and hav'nt had it ever fail me yet.Been using it for 8+ years.
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Offline simson

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Re: Tacky smooth-on
« Reply #6 on: May 01, 2017, 01:38:03 pm »
I use other epoxi, but had the same mistake. For me I noticed it was a thing of mixing, I do it now at twice as long as before - and it is good now.
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