Frozen Epoxy?

  • Randy Wieland
    Lebanon. WI
    Posts: 13929
    January 3, 2015 at 11:04 am #1491485

    I just realized in all the years of rod building, I never ordered Flex Coat or other epoxies in the winter time. Anyone have a bad experience with epoxies subjected to sub-zero temps? I need to order some soon, and it will end up sitting in a mailbox for a day with cold temps coming

    munchy
    NULL
    Posts: 5126
    January 3, 2015 at 11:19 am #1491492

    Can you have it shipped to your work? Ask neighbor to pick it up?

    May even want to see if there is someone nearby that sells it. Like Thorne bros

    I had some general purpose epoxy in my garage that went bad one winter. It became all cloudy and thick.

    Randy Wieland
    Lebanon. WI
    Posts: 13929
    January 3, 2015 at 11:45 am #1491499

    Thorn Bro is 320 miles away….and my office will look like this for the next couple weeks. I don’t have a good supplier near here that I can count on for stocking it

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    trumar
    Rochester, Mn
    Posts: 5967
    January 3, 2015 at 12:09 pm #1491509

    Randy, do not have it shipped it will for sure freeze if no one there to pick it up !
    Plan your shipping so that you/someone can be there,or call your post office to hold your mail for a certain period of time and pick it up your mail when you return.

    JMHO Jeff

    Randy Wieland
    Lebanon. WI
    Posts: 13929
    January 3, 2015 at 12:11 pm #1491510

    As I anticipated…not good to freeze

    Huntindave
    Shell Rock Iowa
    Posts: 3148
    January 3, 2015 at 9:02 pm #1491650
    Randy Wieland wrote:

    As I anticipated…not good to freeze

    Randy, Not sure where you heard that. I was pretty sure it was ok but I did a little checking before writing this reply. Below is the email I sent Flex Coat and their reply;

    On Jan 3, 2015, at 2:00 PM, “David McCann” <[email protected]> wrote:

    > Can your epoxies be frozen or subjected to below freezing temps during shipping? What is the effect to the epoxy if allowed to freeze? Can it be used as normal,if allowed to return to room temp?

    David, it does not hurt the epoxy to be frozen, When you bring it back to room temperature you need to look out for crystals that can form in the part A raisin, crystals can form in the part A similar to crystals in honey, all you have to do is heat up the park A to melt the crystals . The part I should be crystal clear.
    Roger Seiders
    Flex Coat Company Inc.
    512-858-7742 phone
    512-858-7852 fax
    http://www.flexcoat.com

    Randy Wieland
    Lebanon. WI
    Posts: 13929
    January 4, 2015 at 4:36 am #1491711

    Thanks Dave. I assumed customer service would be closed on a Saturday. Good info

    Steve Root
    South St. Paul, MN
    Posts: 5775
    January 4, 2015 at 7:10 am #1491719

    Randy, this is sort of related….

    I had a hard time getting Flex Cote to cure completely, because my basement runs pretty cool in the winter. I was very careful to make sure I had an accurate mix. I finally had to fire up a space heater and warm the room up and then it set up properly.

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