I've plugged a hole in a plastic dust cap with Araldite Rapid, and quite a while after mixing it up and plugging the hole (probably at least 30 minutes), it's still not hard. Is there anything I can do to speed up the hardening process? Is it not setting quickly because my shed's not warm, or is it a problem you get with biggish (probably 6mm sphere) blobs of araldite?
Take the thing into a warm place, that'll help a lot.
It should harden right through at the same rate, approx. If you had a freezing cold blob as big as a football in a warm place the outside would set first, though. The same size in a room at normal temperature throughout might go hardest in the middle first!
|I've plugged a hole in a plastic dust cap with Araldite Rapid, and quite a |while after mixing it up and plugging the hole (probably at least 30 |minutes), it's still not hard. Is there anything I can do to speed up the |hardening process? Is it not setting quickly because my shed's not warm, or |is it a problem you get with biggish (probably 6mm sphere) blobs of |araldite?
Put it somewhere warm and it will set.
And even light on fire. (though it'd probably require a larger ball)
temeperature. 30 minute set stuff in cold conditions will take about 24 hours to fully cure.
Use a heat gun.
Oh by the way, araldite doesn't stick to plastic of the thermoplastic flavours.
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