Barry SchwartzI am clumsily constructing a new step, primarily of wood and epoxy. So far mostly wood. Yellow pine 2-by-6 and scraps of black ash. There are Japanese wooden nails you can see if I turn it over. I will partially fill the spaces between the boards with epoxy (having sealed the ends with UV resin) and reinforce the whole bottom with epoxy. Then I will turn it over and put on layers of epoxy.<br>
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I use Nicpro epoxy. The same chemical formula is available from an increasing number of other brands. It has fabulous properties, among which is that it degasses without a hitch in a vacuum chamber.<br>
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I generally do not use coating epoxies. They bubble fiercely. If I have a mold or for some light coating jobs I may use Superclear Liquid Glass. But even the 24-hour formula does not harden until near the end, and isn't as good at heated curing as is the Nicpro.<br>
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