> For those of you out there who have done auto body work, the use of a tack
> cloth after sanding and before epoxying your deck would seem natural but
> don't do it. Apparently something in the adhesive causes an amine-like
> blush to appear, even on amine resistant epoxies like MAS slow cure, that
> is very hard to sand out. Even after sanding the deck will have a dull,
> lackluster appearence. I finally gave up and used the other side of a fore
> panel for a Chesapeke 17. MAS does post a warning against tack cloths in
> their instructions but I didn't catch until later.

Thanks for the tip. I used a tack cloth on my Arctic Turn after epoxying and before the varnish and had problems with the varnish curing. I wonder if that was the culprit?

Mike