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Re: Amine blush
By:Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks
Date: 6/28/1999, 11:33 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.

With some varieties of epoxy the blush turns whitish.

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