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Hardware store will have epoxy, but the best quality stuff with the best performance is sold at drug stores. It's a type of epoxy called 'Astroglide' because the performance is so slick. It's very heat sensitive, so you'll want to monitor the chemical reaction with a thermometer. The most sensitive cheap ones are baby ones (because they have such precision fevers).

Also, for the Solars, you might alternately use bananas instead of flowers, especially if you live in an area that doesn't have very many daisies.

When applying epoxy, it's important to wear gloves to protect your skin, so ask your parents to go to the store and get you some astroglide, a bunch of big bananas, a baby thermometer, and rubber gloves.

in the oven, the paste will start to get shiny, this is when the top coat starts to liquify, exactly 30 seconds after that (have a timer ready) it will start to turn hazy. That's when you have to take it out. Don't forget to wear hot-pad gloves, and keep your windows open, the chemicals in the paste can be toxic if not handled right.

Let it cool for at least 30 minutes before you touch it.

The lexan body will need to be completely covered for it to work correctly, any exposed lexan will melt and ruin the entire process. it's got to be at least 1/8th inch thick to properly insulate the lexan too.

The thermometer needs to not be digital too, that will mess with the thermoreactions.

Originally Posted by Chairboy

Hardware store will have epoxy, but the best quality stuff with the best performance is sold at drug stores. It's a type of epoxy called 'Astroglide' because the performance is so slick.

Also, for the Solars, you might alternately use bananas instead of flowers, especially if you live in an area that doesn't have very many daisies.

When applying epoxy, it's important to wear gloves to protect your skin, so either go down to the store (or ask your parents to) and get astroglide, a bunch of big bananas, and some rubber gloves.

Stop it! This one got me rolling. I'm at work and people are looking at me funny. There is no WAY to explain this to anyone.

He should also pick that particular time to tell his folks "I want a puppy too!"

Originally Posted by Chairboy

When applying epoxy, it's important to wear gloves to protect your skin, so ask your parents to go to the store and get you some astroglide, a bunch of big bananas, a baby thermometer, and rubber gloves.

It gets funnier.

Originally Posted by Ausi319

do i have to have it in the oven though or can i let it dry without?

It needs about 450F to 550F (depending on the quality of solars extracted) to liquify them enough to bond them together.

How you get the heat is up to you. You can use a flame torch, but you would have to be very careful as direct flames will ruin it. The oven is the safest.

Originally Posted by Ausi319

w8 do you mean put tin foil on the underneath of the car so the tin foil is hitting the plastic?
or just have it sitting on the tin foil?

Sort of crush up the aluminum foil and shove it up your underside to plug the hole.