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Permalink Reply by Christopher Nail on February 16, 2013 at 3:06am

Use denatured alcohol instead of water. It dries much quicker. You can literally save this solution in a jar for easy future use.

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Permalink Reply by John Austin on February 16, 2013 at 8:10am

I "think" Caleb told me I could dilute it to whatever consistency necessary that it spread nicely - I'd say that ratio sounds about right. I bought some of those small plastic lab sample jars (the ones they give you to leave a sample in the bathroom for your medical!) on Ebay and would mix small batches, cap and store, and then when used up toss the jar and start a new one.

I found that in the summer, it dried quick enough for me just using water (I had a jug of distilled water - maybe overkill?).  Caleb also told me it is perfectly OK to rivet together parts before the Cortec dried ... just be sure you're not going to reposition or be taking them apart again because if riveted wet, it'll glue the parts together! I actually kind of liked putting things together that way since if you got the Cortec a little thick, you'd get a squeeze-out that would really seal up the mating surfaces nicely.

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Permalink Reply by David J. Beaulieu on February 19, 2013 at 8:38am

Thanks all...will have a chance to brush it on tomorrow.  Also have some Zinc Oxide primer I will use on the "non-flayed" surfaces within the stab

Cheers!

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