At 01:43 PM 3/27/02 -0500, you wrote:
>There is a product used in setting flowers and the like. You mix two=
 portions
>and pour it on your project. It will harden to a clear plastic. Check your=
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>local
>flower shop/gift shop for the product.
>Rick
>
>Jay Hanson wrote:
>
> > I would like to encase a small circuit board in some sort of clear=
 plastic.
> > Should I melt lexan, plexiglass, or ....?  Is there is good liquid for=
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> this?
> > Fiberglass resin?
> >
> > What are the rest of you doing?

The stuff they use for flowers is usually a polyester (activated resin + MEK
as catalyst). Epoxies will handle a bit more heat but generally the tg=
 points
are in the 150-250=B0F range (TG =3D transistion to Goo ;-]) I'd think the=
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commercial
  conformal coating resins would be modified for a higher temp.

Dave

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