24-01-2013, 04:51 PM
West systems is good shit but a good quality 30 minute epoxy is more than sufficient. If your clearances are a little on the large side you can use a dash of talcum power (even though micro ballons are better) to make a very good filler, but if you have a good fitting joint, a good epoxy is more than enough... the timber will fail long before the epoxy even goes close to letting go.
Remember the slower epoxies generate less heat and are more viscous so during curing they will flow into the timber grain better that a fast curing one. The better you key the mating surfaces the better and stronger the bond. Scuff the joint surfaces up with some 80 grit sandpaper, but be gentle... you will get a much stronger joint if you increase the surface area between the two surfaces.
That will be my 30 years of Marine structural repair talkng there.
Gazz
Remember the slower epoxies generate less heat and are more viscous so during curing they will flow into the timber grain better that a fast curing one. The better you key the mating surfaces the better and stronger the bond. Scuff the joint surfaces up with some 80 grit sandpaper, but be gentle... you will get a much stronger joint if you increase the surface area between the two surfaces.
That will be my 30 years of Marine structural repair talkng there.
Gazz
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