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Re: Solvent problems?
By:Don Beale
Date: 4/25/1999, 12:18 am
In Response To: Solvent problems? (Jack Martin)

I havent used Interlux 202. I think most people wash amine blush off with warm water. I've also heard of using mild detergent, and also ammonia. MAS slow epoxy doesnt blush at all, but the cure time is longer.

> I used some Interlux 202 fiberglass wash --- recommended in the CLC
> literature --- last week in a closed garage, no protection. A total DELTA
> SIERRA, and paid the price in a splitting headache, dizziness and all the
> normal problems of brain-frying. So today, when I needed to clean up some
> 'glass, I used it again, but outside with a gentle breeze and while
> wearing a full respirator. And it almost happened again! Significantly
> less effect, but I was expecting no effect!

> Anyone else with severe problems with 202? What's a good alternative to
> get rid of amine blush?

> Oh, and insult to injury --- a small swarm of termites landed on the hull
> of the North Bay as it sat in the driveway! As a plastic and fiberglass
> boater, that sort of thing never worried me much. Now I've gotta worry
> about bugs! (Which were not at all turned off by the 202.)

> Jack Martin

Messages In This Thread

Solvent problems?
Jack Martin -- 4/24/1999, 11:28 pm
Re: Solvent problems?
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 4/25/1999, 12:05 pm
Re: Solvent problems?
Pete Rudie -- 4/25/1999, 1:42 am
Re: Solvent problems?
Don Beale -- 4/25/1999, 12:18 am
Re: Solvent problems?
Jack Martin -- 4/26/1999, 7:11 am
Re: Gouge?
Don Beale -- 4/27/1999, 12:50 am
Re: Gouge?
Jack Martin -- 4/27/1999, 12:39 pm