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Re: Amine blush
By:Dave in Long Beach
Date: 6/26/1999, 2:37 am
In Response To: Re: Amine blush (Jay Babina)

> Amine blush is invisable and is just an oily surface that appears. It's
> usually not extreme and sometimes not even noticable. It's like a waxy
> surface on a window where you could drag you finger and see the mark. It
> is water soluable and some epoxies recommend using a little Amonia with
> water for clean up. It will interfere with the next coat of epoxy however.

> I sounds like you have un cured epoxy. Many times epoxy will cure from the
> inside out. I have experienced that. Put it in the sun or heat for a day
> or two. If you can clean the surface with laquor thinner or acitone, -
> it's epoxy.

> What epoxy did you use? Did you give it enough time and temperature? You
> can always contact the manufacturer.

Pete,

If you worked the epoxy too much with the squeege or foam brush, very fine bubbles may have been trapped in the epoxy. Its not hard to do if you're working fast wetting 6 oz fabric. This will give the epoxy a frosted look especially in the thicker areas. If this is the case the best you can do is sand the thicker areas down to the top of the glass. Like your other responses, don't sand away the glass (unless you sand it completely off and patch it with new).

Messages In This Thread

Amine blush
Pete Campbell -- 6/25/1999, 1:23 am
Re: Amine blush
Mike Hanks -- 6/25/1999, 4:15 pm
Re: Amine blush
Jay Babina -- 6/25/1999, 11:44 am
Re: Amine blush
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 6/28/1999, 11:33 am
Re: Amine blush
Dave in Long Beach -- 6/26/1999, 2:37 am