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why dose me epoxy leak?

Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 3:09 am
by ilovefire
hey i have been having problems with the epoxy joints leaking on this gun
http://www.spudfiles.com/forums/coax-ha ... rt,30.html
not sure what i have been doing wrong i have been using 2000psi rated epoxy and have been roughening the surfaces but still after about a week it like to start leaking :evil: can some one tell me what im doing wrong? it has just sprung a leak where the black pipe joins the smaller silver one

Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 3:35 am
by Crna Legija
if you can try to bevel the edge so that the epoxy get pushed back into it and seal it better.

Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 7:19 am
by jackssmirkingrevenge
It's a tricky join, what I usually do is make a mould around it and pour the epoxy in to surround it completely, a bit like the "tee" section where the magazine meets the barrel of my marble autocannon:

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Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 12:38 pm
by jakethebeast
two words: moar epoxy :twisted: :twisted:

Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 11:49 am
by iknowmy3tables
if you're need to stack more epoxy on it's easiest to use something thicker like JBweld or JBweld puddy, I'd put a thick layer of jb weld around that area