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Originally Posted by tboneheller
Why did you not use the type of panel bonding adhesive that "mixes" in the nozzle as it is applied? It would have been a lot easier.
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I considered it but I needed something with a lot of body or thickness to it, to fill the bond gaps. It had to be something that wouldn't sag or run out of the joint. I haven't used any of the 2-tube panel adhesives but from what my impression was they are fairly thin. With this epoxy I could also add cut fiberglass hairs to bulk it up if I needed to. The other reason was the long set time for this particular resin. In my 60 deg garage I had nearly 2-1/2 hours working time with this product. Again, although I've heard a lot of the panel adhesives have longer work times, I didn't have the impression it was this long.
I'm pretty happy with this product although it did end up having a little more sag to it than the first test batch I mixed up which I could whip up into a ball and it just sat there and cured. But, it filled the gaps well.
There probably are some panel adhesives that would work just as well. Another consideration was that some of them require a special gun to use the cartridge in.