Epoxy 'butter from wheat flour.

[Mark42]

I needed to epoxy some small pieces of wood to the underside of the deck. The usual thickeners - glass micro spheres and silica are packed away in the basement, so I thought about an article I read about using baking flour as a thickener. I have done this before with carpenters glue and a few other adhesives, but never with epoxy. So I gave it a try.

Took a couple of tablespoons of flour and mixed up 1 oz of epoxy. Mixed in the flour until it was thick as peanut butter. The flour makes a very smooth peanut butter, not as grainy as the silica I use. Then using the mix, the pieces were epoxied in place and clamps held them overnight. This morning I check on them. They are solid! I pushed and yanked hard and they did not break free.

So, if you are looking to make a paste epoxy, plain old baking flour will work as a thickener. I also noticed that instead of the usual 20 minute cure time, this batch took over 2 hours to cure.

 

[danond]

Re: Epoxy 'butter from wheat flour.

And in a pinch, you can nibble on your boat to satisfy those snack cravings.

 

[Oilguy]

Re: Epoxy 'butter from wheat flour.

Now you are going to need to add a Nutrition Label to you boat.
How many calories did that add?? You just made it an atkins unfriendly boat! LOL

OG

 

[Mark42]

Re: Epoxy 'butter from wheat flour.

I'll update the capacity label to read:

4 adults or 8800 calories.



BTW, yesterday I accidentally split one of the wood block in half while banging on it. Apparently the flour didn't reduce the strength of the epoxy much!!!