> 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 Roger, I had the same problem. I figure for now I will live with it and consider it a lesson learned, as apposed to trying to fix it. I stained my hull, and got milky spots on the first application of epoxy/glass. I used West System, cold cure. Temp still dropped below 40 Deg. during curing process for me, I don't think this was the problem. I think it was moisture and over working the epoxy. Moisture perhaps from the water -based stain. Should have let it dry longer. It sat for at least a week to dry. I did notice that the more I worked the epoxy, the more milky it got. I stopped re-using the epoxy that collected on the squeegee after a pass, after noticing how milky IT was. That was my first coat, and first experience using epoxy and glass. I did talk to a West Sys guy before this, and remember his warning about moisture and cloudiness. After that first coat I had no more problems. The only thing that varied was the wood was sealed, and epoxy squeegeed off was not re-used. I figured the only fix would be to grind off all the glass, epoxy, and stain, then start over. And spend another summer building instead of paddling? - No WAY! I figure I can fix it later (restore it!) or better yet, just build another (better) one! PS, The epoxy seems to have cured fine, it just cloudy. Dave Colant