I'm not sure if this is a word of caution or complaint...
Has anyone bought and used the 2 part "Rapid" epoxy sold by B & Q under their own brand name?
My local stockist being temporarily bereft of my usual "Araldite"...well, when needs must and so on
The front of the packaging advertises "5 minute bonding". Sounded OK, so parted with £4 of my pension.
As 99.99% of you will know, Araldite comes in a thickish opaque "white" stuff out of one tube, and a thinner, clear stuff out of the other tube. Not so with the B&Q product. Both tubes eject a clear "goo", and when mixed remain "water-clear". That's odd, says I.
Still, being a trusting sort, I carried on with the "job". 4 hours later this "5 minute" stuff was showing no signs of sertting. Now I began to wonder if both tubes were filled with the same stuff. Black cap and White cap. Both clear gloop.
Then I looked at the small print on the back of the packaging.
"Handling Time" is 12 hours.
Full strength in 24 hours.
Sort of makes a mockery of the "5 minute bonding" as shouted on the front of the package. I'm seriously miffed about this.
Perhaps the 2 tubes are filled with the same stuff? Either way it's causing me more problems than I either expected or need.
So beware of B&Qs alternative to Araldite. BY.
