But often we find ourselves mixing too much epoxy for the job at hand ... as a mold for all kinds of simple little plastic workshop tools. The idea is that when you have some epoxy left over ...

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One trick for getting the bubbles out of freshly mixed 2-part epoxy, aka degassing, is to go over it gently with the flame from a propane torch. But both the mixing and degassing take time.