WEST SYSTEM 105/205 (fast)
The figures Gougeon Brothers (WEST SYSTEM) prints for WEST SYSTEM 105/205 (fast) on its own specification sheet, at the conditions it names. Where the sheet doesn't give a figure, this page says so rather than borrow one from another product.
- Open time
- 60–70 min
- Total assembly time
- Not on the sheet we read
- Clamp time
- Not on the sheet we read
- Cure
- 24–96 h to working strength (1–4 days); solid in 6–8 hours
- Lowest temperature
- 40 °F (4.4 °C)
- Water resistance
- Moisture-resistant, by the maker
- VOC
- Not on the sheet we read
- Conditions
- 72 °F; pot life 9–12 minutes for 100 g in the cup, working time 60–70 minutes as a thin film
- Food contact
- The sheet we read makes no food-contact statement
One source: Gougeon Brothers (WEST SYSTEM), the maker of that product
From the sheet: 5 parts resin to 1 part hardener by volume with the maker’s pumps.
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Pick the piece and the wood, then get a dated coat schedule from the product’s own sheet.