West system Six 10

[webcraft]

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Anyone used this stuff? Can you use less than the whole tube and keep it for later? If so, are spare nozzles essential?

- W

 

[VicS]

New one on me

See https://www.westsystem.com/specialty-epoxies/six10-thickened-epoxy-adhesive/ for all the info. One of the links on the page describes storage and about nozzles ( mixing wands)

 

[Yngmar]

Yup, had a tube of this on board (used up by now). Handy for all kinds of repair/glue jobs. Yes, you can use part and keep the rest for later, it will not go off. The mixing nozzle is single-use and practically uncleanable, but you can just leave it off and squirt the two components into a cup and stir it by hand.

It's fairly pricey though. Cheaper and more versatile to just have resin, hardener and thickening agent on board and mixing it by hand, which is what I've gone back to.

 

[macd]

That looks very much like a two-pack construction adhesive such as used to bond threaded bars into concrete and masonry, except the medium for these is usually polyester. The nozzles are very specific, containing a helix to mix the two components. For obvious reasons they'll set solid after use, so some are sold with two nozzles, but some with only one. I suspect, but don't know for sure, that the nozzles can be bought separately at builders' merchants. Might be worth checking whether they fit the West dispenser.
(The construction adhesive...or the two nozzles that come with it...can be bought for little over £5.)

 

[UK-WOOZY]

I have used it a lot as i cannot be bothered to mix myself for small repairs. I used to think the tubes were use once only but they are not. they have a replaceable end cap for re-use later and you can buy the mixer nozzles. I have re-used a tube months apart and its been fine.