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Poor cure with epoxy
By:Roger Nuffer
Date: 4/11/2000, 10:56 pm

HELP!

Last fall I put my 6 oz fiberglass on my Wee Lassie II. Too bad I forgot to pay attention to the temperature. It must have dropped down into the 40's. First thing I noticed was that my epoxy went milky. So I scraped off as much epoxy as I could before it hardened.

A few weeks later (I'm building at my parents place which is an hour away), I noticed that the surface had liquid droplets. They were epoxy.

So that brings us up to today I pulled the boat out of the shop to sand off the milky spots. In the process I discovered how rampant the uncured epoxy is. For the most part its localized to about a 5 sq. ft. area with spots here and there. I spent the afternoon scraping the bad areas off. Sometimes the surface wood pulled up. Seems the bad epoxy has soaked into the surface of the wood.

Since I've got milky spots on the canoe, I'm thinking of getting some 36 grit disks for my orbital sander and removing all the fiberglass and epoxy. That means going back to square one. Any suggestions? If you think you can help, e-mail me and I will e-mail a few pictures to look at.

Thanks

Roger

Messages In This Thread

Poor cure with epoxy
Roger Nuffer -- 4/11/2000, 10:56 pm
Re: Milky spots
Dave Colant -- 4/12/2000, 1:06 pm
Re: My plan of action for Pure cure/Milky spots
Roger Nuffer -- 4/12/2000, 10:24 pm
Re: Poor cure with epoxy
Hank -- 4/12/2000, 8:19 am
Re: Poor cure with epoxy
Jay Babina -- 4/12/2000, 7:51 am
one more thought
Jay Babina -- 4/12/2000, 7:58 am
Re: one more thought
Scotty -- 4/12/2000, 8:58 am
Re: one more thought
Jay Babina -- 4/12/2000, 11:12 am
Re: Poor cure with epoxy
Roger Nuffer -- 4/12/2000, 5:02 am