My experience---stiffness of abatron...happens when one waits too long to apply it. On the contrary, if anything, it is too soft in the beginning and changes consistency/hardens slowly as it heats up. "Smoothing" is a different story. If you want to sand less once cured, I've found that smoothing it with Goof Off (much better that abosolv <abatron's solvent>) after applied is a great way to get closer to your approximate desired form. Like you said, once cured, it is most sanding friendly.....I have used about 15 gallons of Wood Epox and swear by it. However, my brother from the same mother, swears by System 3 and recently we are truly butting heads about it.

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On 5/1/2021 1:01 PM, nonchiaro wrote:
> My experience---stiffness of abatron...happens when one waits too long
> to apply it. On the contrary, if anything, it is too soft in the
> beginning and changes consistency/hardens slowly as it heats up.
> "Smoothing" is a different story. If you want to sand less once cured,
> I've found that smoothing it with Goof Off (much better that abosolv
> <abatron's solvent>) after applied is a great way to get closer to your
> approximate desired form. Like you said, once cured, it is most sanding
> friendly.....I have used about 15 gallons of Wood Epox and swear by it.
> However, my brother from the same mother, swears by System 3 and
> recently we are truly butting heads about it.
>

Following... I've used the Abatron system before, but it's quite pricey.
I've never used an alternative. How does the price between the two
compare? I've got a lot of 120 year old water damaged windows and wood
work at my house that I really need to start on this summer.

On Sat, 1 May 2021 17:01:37 +0000, nonchiaro
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>My experience---stiffness of abatron...happens when one waits too long to apply it. On the contrary, if anything, it is too soft in the beginning and changes consistency/hardens slowly as it heats up. "Smoothing" is a different story. If you want to sand less once cured, I've found that smoothing it with Goof Off (much better that abosolv <abatron's solvent>) after applied is a great way to get closer to your approximate desired form. Like you said, once cured, it is most sanding friendly.....I have used about 15 gallons of Wood Epox and swear by it. However, my brother from the same mother, swears by System 3 and recently we are truly butting heads about it.

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