Stanchion Rebeding

[Lance Jones]

Howdy,
I'm in a bit of a quandary.... I started to re-bed my stanchions. I pulled them, drilled the holes out and started filling with epoxy. Unfortunately, in between the first pour and my final pour, it rained. What is the best way to dry out in cool weather? Alcohol, acetone etc?

[BillG]

If you have already epoxied the old holes and redrilled, I'm thinking that drying out isn't going to be much of a problem as there is no soft core to soak up the water.  Prior to epoxying, I prop up an old hair dryer at low heat and speed and point it at the openings from below for several hours.

[Lance Jones]

That's the problem, I epoxied; but, that fill didn't fill the whole hole. So, now, after several days of rain, I'm sure some water has gotten through the 100 mile an hour tape. The hairdryer sounds like a great idea.