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Chemists: Is this a problem?

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I have repaired an aging chemical stirrer with epoxy and wonder if this presents any reactive risk with developer or fixer. I suspect not, but one never knows.
The stirrer is the stainless steel type with a coil at one end, and a flattish plastic paddle at the other, which is the part that cracked at the stem last week and became wobbly. (Not sure why; it's only about 25 years old.) I used some epoxy paste (Locktite brand, I think) to repair it, the type that (in the US) comes as a cylinder of white paste encased in a wrapping of dark blue; one cuts off a length and mashes/rolls the wad until blended, then applies like putty.
It won't sit in the chemistry long, just to mix it, between 120 degrees F for my metol and sodium sulfite developer, and about 70 for ammonium sulfate rapid fixer.
 
Epoxy is rather inert once it has set. It is used to assemble glass fish tanks. In addition the chemicals used would not have any effect on solutions used in photography.
 
Silicone is used for fish tanks but epoxy is inert to most things. Loctite is usually cyanoacrylate which is chemically less stable, especially in wet conditions.
 
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