I hate to say it, but I think you need to remove anything that is loose. You could throw some varnish on it and use it this season and repair the fall.

> Today when removing the masking tape after I had painted the hull some of
> the epoxy came loose with the tape (on the deck). I started scraping and
> on several spots the last layer of epoxy came off in scales like really
> old paint. I presume this is due to the amine blush wich I cannot have
> removed completely (washed with soap and water rinsed and went over the
> surface with acetone) What should I do? should i scrape the surface
> completely to see where the last coat did not bond to the previous sand it
> put some more resin on sand it again and put the varnish on or should i
> just varnish it and hope it stays in place ??????? TIA Mikael