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Epoxy: Epoxy PROBLEMS!!! HELP!!!
By:Pat Deopp
Date: 10/21/2007, 3:01 pm

Hey All,
Im doing some final coats of epxoy and im having trouble. The epoxy that im covering over is fully cured almost a month and after sanding this coat in preperation of a new coat I thought everything was good to go. I started putting on the coat and luckily I was just doing a small area when I started seeing the epoxy doing a "Water beading" effect, it was almost like the epoxy wanted to stick to other areas but it was running away from others, so now I have almost a pocka dot looking coat. I don't really know why its doing it but now I have a nasty looking coat of epoxy and I don't know what to do. It seems like its not chemically bond with the last coat.

I Sanded the area down to 150, is this too fine for a coat on top of a cured coat, should I only sand it to 80 grit and then put it on?

HELP my nice kayak looks like *#&@ with this horrible coat of epoxy.

Thanks,
Pat
Pitman, NJ

Messages In This Thread

Epoxy: Epoxy PROBLEMS!!! HELP!!!
Pat Deopp -- 10/21/2007, 3:01 pm
Re: Epoxy: Epoxy PROBLEMS!!! HELP!!!
Pat Deopp -- 10/23/2007, 11:09 am
Epoxy: Mineral Spirits = Petroleum Distillate
Carl H -- 10/22/2007, 7:20 pm
I am wondering if...
Robert N Pruden -- 10/23/2007, 12:47 am
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Mike Savage -- 10/23/2007, 4:47 am
Clean first, sand second!
Brian Nystrom -- 10/22/2007, 7:47 am
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Mike Scarborough -- 10/21/2007, 5:03 pm
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Pat Deopp -- 10/21/2007, 5:28 pm
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Mike Savage -- 10/21/2007, 7:15 pm
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Pat Deopp -- 10/21/2007, 7:59 pm
Re: Epoxy: Epoxy PROBLEMS!!! HELP!!! *LINK*
Pedro Almeida -- 10/21/2007, 10:11 pm
clean the resin containers
mike allen -- 10/22/2007, 2:38 am
Re: clean the resin containers
Bill Hamm -- 10/23/2007, 1:37 am
Re: clean the resin containers
Acors -- 10/22/2007, 9:08 am
Re: clean the resin containers
mike allen -- 10/22/2007, 12:04 pm
Re: Epoxy: Epoxy PROBLEMS!!! HELP!!!
Bill Hamm -- 10/22/2007, 1:47 am
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vk1nf -- 10/21/2007, 8:40 pm
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Pat Deopp -- 10/21/2007, 8:45 pm
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vk1nf -- 10/22/2007, 12:26 am
Re: Epoxy: Epoxy PROBLEMS!!! HELP!!! *LINK*
Pat Deopp -- 10/21/2007, 3:52 pm
Re: Epoxy: Epoxy PROBLEMS!!! HELP!!!
MikeO -- 10/21/2007, 7:15 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/23/2007, 1:34 am
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Gennie -- 10/21/2007, 4:29 pm
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Pat Deopp -- 10/21/2007, 4:52 pm
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 10/26/2007, 3:28 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 10/22/2007, 8:28 am
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Glen Smith -- 10/21/2007, 6:42 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/22/2007, 1:44 am