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Bubblehide, sorry about the poor explanation. When I have used flex cote in the past, if I don't work quickly, after about 30 minutes, the epoxy gets thicker and hard to spread evenly. This has resulted in a slight hour glass shape to the finish. The reason I end up tossing a fair bit of finish is the shelf life as you suspected. I have 2 half filled bottles of 4oz aftcote right now that are a few years old (at least 2 years). I just looked them over, the hardener is like iced tea color and the resin is really clear. Both flow smoothly and do no have any "crystals". I always thought the shelf life was about a year and I remember the flex cote getting crystals.
Hunterpa the foil works because it increases the surface area and lets the heat generated by the chemical reaction leave faster. This slows down the chemical reaction and gives you longer pot life. I used that trick when epoxying granite on my BBQ but had not of it for the rods.
My flex cote experience is with high build only.
thank you all for your responses.
tom
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