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Re: Epoxy: Blush vs. Amin Blush
By:C. Fronzek
Date: 12/19/2003, 11:16 am
In Response To: Re: Epoxy: Among the Unwashed (Ed Gutgesell)

Ed,
We may be talking about different things.
Some epoxies blush (fog) if applied in adverse (too moist/too cold/sometimes for no reason) conditions. I got this on a recoat I did last summer. I don't know if it will cause a bad bond.
Amin blush is a waxey product that appears on the surface of cured epoxy. It's hard to see so why they call it blush I don't know. It's a byproduct formed when the resin and hardener react. I'm not a chemist,it may be a necessary evil. Anyway, you can't recoat/laminate until amin blush is washed/scraped/sanded off.
AB is only a problem when it comes to the surface. You can do as many coats/laminations as you want until it shows up. So "wet-on-wet" is an easy countermeasure.
Charlie
"Low tech is the best tech".

: Why do you use epoxys that blush?? Use non-blushing epoxies such a Raka, US
: Composites (slow) or MAS. Raka and US Composites are considerably cheaper
: than other epoxies and I have never had any amine blush!! They are slower
: than other epoxies which makes wet-out much easier. Also, do fill coats
: after wet-out while the previous epoxy coat is still green without
: sanding.

Messages In This Thread

Epoxy: Sanding before the fill coat
pikabike -- 12/18/2003, 2:12 pm
Re: Epoxy: Sanding before the fill coat
Don -- 12/18/2003, 5:03 pm
Re: Epoxy: Sanding before the fill coat *LINK*
srchr/gerald -- 12/18/2003, 4:45 pm
Re: Epoxy: Among the Unwashed
C. Fronzek -- 12/18/2003, 3:47 pm
Re: Epoxy: Among the Unwashed
chuck -- 12/18/2003, 4:23 pm
Re: Time has decided for me
pikabike -- 12/19/2003, 1:17 am
Re: Epoxy: Among the Unwashed
C. Fronzek -- 12/18/2003, 4:46 pm
Re: Epoxy: Among the Unwashed
Ed Gutgesell -- 12/19/2003, 9:50 am
Re: Epoxy: Blush vs. Amin Blush
C. Fronzek -- 12/19/2003, 11:16 am
Re: Epoxy: Blush vs. Amin Blush
Ed Gutgesell -- 12/22/2003, 9:50 am
Re: Epoxy: Among the Unwashed
David Humphries -- 12/18/2003, 4:27 pm
Re: Epoxy: Sanding before the fill coat
LeeG -- 12/18/2003, 2:21 pm
Re: But, but, but...
pikabike -- 12/18/2003, 2:37 pm
Re: But, but, but...
Rod Tait -- 12/18/2003, 3:39 pm
Re: But, but, but...
Paul Probus -- 12/18/2003, 3:02 pm
Re: But, but, but...Mechanical bond is better
bryan gorr -- 12/18/2003, 3:13 pm
Re: Peeling off
pikabike -- 12/19/2003, 1:48 am
Re: But, but, but...Mechanical bond is better
Dave Houser -- 12/18/2003, 3:36 pm