Ok, how do you measure....

[Boomyal]

.....the components for mixing a small amount of Marine Tex. They don't give the stuff away so I do not want to mix the whole two oz container for a tablespoon of material. The instructions only allow a 10% variation and I cannot see a reasonable way to measure out 5 parts of paste and one part of liquid catalyst. <br /><br />Any ideas would be appreciated.

 

[Ken G]

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Steal your wife's (or mother's) measuring spoons. If I remember correctly 1 tablespoon is equal to 3 teaspoons. 2 1/2 teaspoons of resin and 1/2 teaspoon of catalyst will give you 1 tablespoon of Marine Tex.

 

[Boomyal]

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Hmmmm, never occurred to me to defile the wifes measuring spoon set. Being the bad boy that I am, it was out of character for me. I'll jump right on it Ken. Shhhhhh! Just don't tell!

 

[Realgun]

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Better yet run to wally world and buy her a new set. She will look at you funny but you might get away with it.

 

[crab bait]

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make sure there her 'silver ones' that she got on her wedding day..<br /><br /><br />COME ON..!! REAL MEN DON'T USE GIRLY SPOONS FOR EPOXY PUTTY.!!! <br /><br />IT'S A SIGHT THING..dab on a plastic butter lid off center.. the other dab on the other half.. <br /><br />if'n it the same size dab ,, mix the blame stuff .. if not,, make it right.

 

[thejeepster02]

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The part I cant figure out is it says to use 1 to 5 ratio. but you get a 2oz hardner and 12 oz paste. isnt that 1 to 6???

 

[BoatBuoy]

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The spoons also come in handy in the shop/garage when mixing herbicide, insecticide, etc. I keep a set all the time.

 

[brokeboater]

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what crab bait said. i've mixed this stuff before using the ole eyeball method with no worries.

 

[ndemge]

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...spoon will have residue each time,... if an VERY exact measurement is needed, use the suringe from a meat injector.

 

[Boomyal]

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Well, I did use Mama's measuring spoons. Cleaned em up real good and slipped em back into their place. No one's the wiser.<br /><br />What messy stuff that Marine tex is. I had to fill 6 1/4" holes on each side of the transom. I chamfered them on both sides and taped the inside of the transom. On the first side, I was getting the stuff all over the transom, trying to get the holes filled, so I switched for the other side and taped the outside of the transom with clear tape and applied the MT from the inside. I had a lot of trouble filling the holes all the way to the clear tape. I kept pokin and probing and some of the holes still did not fill all the way.<br /><br />I'll have to mix another small batch to finish up and sand off the mess on the other side of the transom. It should have only taken a few minutes and been easy to accomplish but I was still struggling to fill the holes as the MT started to harden 20 or so minutes later.

 

[TwoBallScrewBall]

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Remind me to never take up a dinner invite to Boomyal's house......