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Re: Strip: Seal coat
By:Jay Babina
Date: 12/17/2012, 8:53 am
In Response To: Strip: Seal coat (Jack Hawkins)

What you're talking about is blush. Will the epoxy blush and cause resistance to further adhesion. Generally slow hardeners don't blush like fast hardeners. Blush is a waxy chemical that sometimes gets released from the epoxy when hardening.

I looked up your epoxy and I see they make a UV proof epoxy - interesting. I would call them and tell them what you are doing and get their advice. As the others said, they are all a bit different. I use Raka no-blush and never had to worry about that. Ask your epoxy people while you're at it if it blushes or how much. There's usually a time window when epoxy will chemically bond with a previous coating with no problems.

I never pre-coat either but that's another long debate.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Seal coat
Jack Hawkins -- 12/16/2012, 10:02 am
Re: Strip: Seal coat
robert l -- 12/16/2012, 11:07 am
Re: Strip: Seal coat
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 12/16/2012, 11:43 am
Re: Strip: Seal coat
Etienne Muller -- 12/16/2012, 5:29 pm
Re: Strip: Seal coat
Jay Babina -- 12/17/2012, 8:53 am
Re: Strip: Seal coat
Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 12/17/2012, 10:22 am
Re: Strip: Seal coat
Jack Hawkins -- 12/17/2012, 12:11 pm
Re: Strip: Seal coat
Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 12/17/2012, 12:46 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 12/17/2012, 3:17 pm
Re: Strip: Seal coat
Jack Hawkins -- 12/18/2012, 9:13 am