Hello Ernie, On the subject of epoxies, I found that if you stay with an epoxy that is formulated for stone to stone bonding, you should feel safe. As you know, the bonding of stones back together has a lot to do with the condition of the break. A stone broken many years ago weathers, leaving you with very little contact points. This may require a knife-grade epoxy. Where as an Epoxy such as Mastico, is thin flowing and best used when plenty of stone to stone contact is there. I use several types epoxy, depending on the stones need. The Barre Pak bonds well, yet it is gray in color and thick in content. Better used when the break would be below ground. GranQuartz (800-458-6222) has some excellent epoxies. Order catalogs from BICKNELL, Miles Supply or any other company that deals with stone products. WALT

Thanks, Walt. I could not find the on-line Hilgartner order form for Mastico and I am having a hard time contacting them, I have had no response from e-mails or the on-line form. The last batch of white Mastico Epoxy I got settled out in the bottom of the can and hardened, I think several had that problem. I was out of commission last year with the heart attack and bypass surgery and have been off all this summer with cancer surgery and treatments, pretty well everything I had has gone bad. I have a few little repairs to make and was thinking about trying a different brand name. At 05:21 PM 11/14/2005, you wrote: >Hello Ernie, > On the subject of epoxies, I found that if you stay with an epoxy that is >formulated for stone to stone bonding, you should feel safe. > As you know, the bonding of stones back together has a lot to do with the >condition of the break. A stone broken many years ago weathers, leaving you >with very little contact points. This may require a knife-grade epoxy. >Where as an Epoxy such as Mastico, is thin flowing and best used when plenty >of stone to stone contact is there. I use several types epoxy, depending on >the stones need. > The Barre Pak bonds well, yet it is gray in color and thick in content. >Better used when the break would be below ground. >GranQuartz (800-458-6222) has some excellent epoxies. Order catalogs from >BICKNELL, Miles Supply or any other company that deals with stone products. > WALT > > > >==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== >To UNSUBSCRIBE, send message consisting only of >"UNSUBSCRIBE" to INPCRP-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com > or to INPCRP-D-REQUEST@rootsweb.com (for DIGEST version)

John and list. The Epoxy addresses or links are all on the Toolbox page. I have added you comments John, I hope that was ok. I thought it made the epoxy choice much clear. I have not changed the information on these pages. It has just been repositioned a bit. And added a new backgrounds to match the new logo. There are still more pages to add and I'll do that later. Feel free to send a comment if you can't find something. Or if you would like to see something added as well. L.A. http://www.rootsweb.com/~inpcrp/repairtoolbox.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Walters" <graveyardgroomer@skyenet.net> To: <INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 6:21 PM Subject: Re: [INPCRP] Stone Repair Epoxy. > Hello Ernie, > On the subject of epoxies, I found that if you stay with an epoxy that is > formulated for stone to stone bonding, you should feel safe. > As you know, the bonding of stones back together has a lot to do with the > condition of the break. A stone broken many years ago weathers, leaving you > with very little contact points. This may require a knife-grade epoxy. > Where as an Epoxy such as Mastico, is thin flowing and best used when plenty > of stone to stone contact is there. I use several types epoxy, depending on > the stones need. > The Barre Pak bonds well, yet it is gray in color and thick in content. > Better used when the break would be below ground. > GranQuartz (800-458-6222) has some excellent epoxies. Order catalogs from > BICKNELL, Miles Supply or any other company that deals with stone products. > WALT > > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > To UNSUBSCRIBE, send message consisting only of > "UNSUBSCRIBE" to INPCRP-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com > or to INPCRP-D-REQUEST@rootsweb.com (for DIGEST version) > >