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Message: <blockquote data-quote="muskyhunter1978" data-source="post: 513409" data-attributes="member: 34965">Spent the evening with an angle grinder and finishing sander cleaning up the excess glue on the inside and outside.  I can't say enough good things about this epoxy.  I have never seen a glue to tough.  I took a utility knife and though I'd trim the stuff that oozed out on the top edge of the two pieces.  No dice, it will not cut with a knife.  Finishing sander gets it down, but slowly.  Its insanely tough stuff.  I ended up taking a flap disc on the grinder and knocking it all down to pretty much level with the surface, then finishing up with the sander.  Which brings me to my big piece of advise if you use this stuff.  Clean it up as good as you can before it cures!  It was a bit of a mess when I glued it up, but anytime I use any type of glue, I always make a mess.... lol.I need to mix up a tiny bit more to touch up some pin holes that it seeped out of too much.  Its a thick epoxy, but on a vertical surface it did ooze out a bit too much. So, for anyone that needs to glue up something structural, I highly recommend Gflex 655.  Its expensive, but I think its worth it. Some pics of the glue up process, the clamping and the oozing out the other side.</blockquote>