Warming up 'coldfill' tarmac repair stuff

[RogerS]

Any bright ideas, chaps ? SWMBO won't let me use the oven and it will be years before the sun is (a) hot enough and (b) visible for long enough.

 

[AndyP]

Any bright ideas, chaps ? SWMBO won't let me use the oven and it will be years before the sun is (a) hot enough and (b) visible for long enough.

How big is the bag/tub? Hair dryer perhaps?. If it is in a tub, surround it with hot water?
Never tried so caveat emptor

 

[Cabinetman]

Again never tried it, put it in a cement mixer with a blow torch pointed in the middle?
But too much could get messy lol

 

[AJB Temple]

If you can get it in a metal container (large old paint tin for example) and have a BBQ, cook sausages / steak on BBQ for lunch, then put the tin on the embers. If gas BBQ, low flame will do the job.

 

[RogerS]

Any bright ideas, chaps ? SWMBO won't let me use the oven and it will be years before the sun is (a) hot enough and (b) visible for long enough.

How big is the bag/tub? Hair dryer perhaps?. If it is in a tub, surround it with hot water?
Never tried so caveat emptor

Actually that's got me thinking. I could build a small enclosure for the bag on it's side



Then have an opening at each end into which I could pass the heat from a fan heater on low setting (and thermostat set low). Do it in the workshop....win..win..all that heat. Leave to cook.

 

[Malc2098]

Reminded me of a mate of mine back in the 60s got married and was living with the in-laws. Bought a bungalow and moved all the furniture etc in on his combination. Told his missus he'd get everything ready before she moved in.

When she did, she found his BSA cranks halves in the new oven, getting ready to change the mains.

 

[Lurker]

My assumption is that it’s important to get the hole hot so that it adheres.

I used some of that stuff on a very hot day in the summer and it oozed in the hole (I vacuumed the hole clear of dust) then used a lump hammer to pound it down, topping up as I went along.

Sorry Roger, I know that’s not what you asked :eusa-shifty:

 

[BigMonka]

I'm sure I've heard of people filling a wheelbarrow with hot water and then putting the bag in there to bathe for a bit.

 

[RogerS]

Hah! Just call me 'Worry-Guts'. Put the bags in our polytunnel. Ambient temperature in the polytunnel ? 40 degrees. Tarmac repair kit ? 31 degrees. That'll do nicely.

 

[JamesHow]

Put it in the bath wrapped in a towel a d put hot water over and leave till they equalise.