REFLECTOR: Hardening Hardener

[Brian Michalk]

I'm wondering if the epoxy should be stored in something other than
plastic to keep the aromatics.

I am trying glass canning jars.  It will take a few years to know for sure.

Brooke Wolf wrote:
> I know this has been addressed before on this forum, but I am  having a
> problem with hardening hardener.
> 
> All of my hardener is less than 2 years old.  It is from the Velocity
> Factory.  I keep some hardener in a 85 deg box.  I have been away from
> my project for 3-4 months.  Now, I noticed that it is getting a little
> thick, somewhat like a gooey tar.  I  tried heating it by putting the
> gallon jug (with less than a quart of hardener in it) in water at 150
> deg.  I let the hardener get to about 130 deg for about 15 minutes.  The
> heating certainly made it more viscous, but as it cooled it got a little
> thick again.....but not as thick as before.  I don't have much
> confidence in the heating trick.  What did I do wrong?
> 
> Just for grins, I checked on two jugs of hardener which have been
> sitting in my basement for 2 years.  The temp down there stays a pretty
> constant 70 deg.  Much to my chagrin, both jugs seem to have solidified
> into a crystalline mush.  Any ideas?!!
> 
> Brooke
> 
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