EA-40 measuring ?

[oldfartfarmer]

What are all you using to dip into
or
pour into from the Cans of EA-40 to the cat food container to mix in ?

or how are you guys mixing up small amounts?

thanks
John

[monterey]

Hah!  Bingham and their cat food and tuna can!

It's not an ideal mixing vessel.  Better to use something flat that allows thorough mixing.  Those cans make it difficult to get a good mix.   I  think Bingham suggests it as a way to control quantity.

I use a glossy paper plate but there are probably better solutions.

[Mad Max]

plastic spoons, one for A and one for B
I mix on a piece of plywood.
You have time to mix more if you need it.

[Shredd]

I use a paper cup and a flat end mixing stick to scrape the bottom and sides and I weigh it out... Always 5-7 grams more of part A for gluing up a bow..

[Mad Max]

I use a paper cup and a flat end mixing stick to scrape the bottom and sides and I weigh it out... Always 5-7 grams more of part A for gluing up a bow..

5-7 grams more part A for how much B....  ...........
Some people do more on part A, but 50/50 by volume is good too

[Forwardhandle]

I use the red neck micro red Dixie cups there shot glasses I mix 50/50 & I use a disposable plastic container ,I mix it real good for longer then is necessary using a wood shim & a putty knife to spread the lams !

[Roy from Pa]

50/50 by volume in a plastic cup with plastic spoon

[kennym]

I'm in the 50/50 crowd, measured in bathroom cups (easily obtainable lol) and a plastic container.

You can spread it with anything. I lay the lams on butcher paper on edge of bench and use big tongue depressors to spread glue. Shop made of course...

[Forwardhandle]

I use that butcher paper to I get a big roll & cut it down to aprox 1' x 72" and lay them on top of each other that way when one gets to much EA-40 on it peal it away to the next sheet it keeps every thing less messy !

[oldfartfarmer]

Ive been saving snapple ice teat tops for years, and we had 7 cats, so i saved the cans, got piles of them
I use then for my truoil when I finish my stocks,
mostly wondering how you guys are pulling it out of the cans, to mix,
likeing the plastic spoon idea,

[Roy from Pa]

mostly wondering how you guys are pulling it out of the cans, to mix,

Yup, good ole cheap throw away plastic spoons, a different spoon for each can.

[Crooked Stic]

3 oz. bathroom paper cups to measure. Stick one inside the other and cut equal length for 50-50 or cut one shorter for different mix. Styrofoam bowls for mixing in. Thin scraps of Aboo to get glue out and mix and spread with.

[Shredd]

I use a paper cup and a flat end mixing stick to scrape the bottom and sides and I weigh it out... Always 5-7 grams more of part A for gluing up a bow..

5-7 grams more part A for how much B....  ...........
Some people do more on part A, but 50/50 by volume is good too

I said for gluing up a bow...  which is about 110 to 120 grams total... So another wards always add a little extra 'A' than half...  Better to err on the positive side than on the negative side...

[Shredd]

Stic... That sounds like a pain in the arse...  Just weigh the chit in one cup... 

  I need to have a talk with Mr. Smooth-On...  He needs to put the stuff into caulking tubes...

[Flem]

Weigh it, you will never have to wonder if you got the ratio correct or not. Makes it easy to mix a few grams for risers or overlays, etc.
I'm with Shredd, weight it in one cup. Less waste, less time fussing around.

[Roy from Pa]

Yinzs glue sniffers anyway:)

[Crooked Stic]

Well I have cut a lot of cups and I kinda know where to cut for a particular limb or bow besides that it dont have to be perfect.

[Forwardhandle]

Thats why I like the redneck dixie shot glasses I can judge how much I need with a 3 to 6 lam glue up ! Some guys warm there glue up but I have always done mine at room temp !

[Bvas]

Dang. Some of you guys get way to technical on your glue mixing for me. Smooth on can be mixed anywhere from 50/50 to 2A/1B.

So I just measure out roughly 50/50 in small containers then add just enough to the A side to see a visible difference. Combine in a plastic cup and mix the crap out of it.

And I use plastic knives (one for each side, and one to mix)to get it outa the cans and to mix it. The ones at Wendy's are stout enough and priced right

[Shredd]

I agree...  Weighing it out may be way too technical for you guys...   

   Sometimes getting something across is like