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Re: Poor cure with epoxy
By:Roger Nuffer
Date: 4/12/2000, 5:02 am
In Response To: Poor cure with epoxy (Roger Nuffer)

>Added photos

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