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Old 11-28-2018, 05:51 AM
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If you are building it, watch the material you build it from. Most epoxy isn't potable water compatible and will leach toxins into the drinking water. West Systems told me that if the epoxy produces an amine blush, it will leach those amines into the water as well. If you do use their epoxy, you mix it significantly richer in resin and use less hardener. I did find one manufacturer that said theirs was FDA compliant, but they have now relabeled their product from Marine Epoxy to Table Top Epoxy. Same product, but marketed to a different audience now.
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