When the epoxy does cure, be sure to follow Judy's advice to wash it before
painting. After I rebuilt the plywood V-berth deck on my P14, using
epoxy-saturated plywood, the epoxy hardened nicely, but the paint I used
(Easypoxy one-part polyurethane) on top of the cured epoxy didn't cure for
weeks. I didn't know about removing the "amine blush."
Harry Gordon
P14 #234, Manatee
Mountain View, CA
Eric Johnson wrote:
>Last weekend on my new hatch I've coated one side with Gluvit epoxy
>resin/sealer. I ran out of one batch when I did the larger upper board so i
>mixed a new batch for the lower. The upper is pretty hard now, but the lower
>(from the other batch) is still a bit tacky. Maybe i didn't use enough
>hardener? Will it eventually harden given enough time? Is this normal? I put
>it under a heat lamp last night. I may have gone with a little thicker coat
>on the bottom piece, so that might be a factor.
>
>My only other experience with epoxy has been using Marine-tex (from the same
>manufacturer as Gluvit) and sometimes it has needed a little encouragement
>with heat.
>
>I need this to cure so I can get going on the other side! >THEN< I can start
>the varnish regimen atop that :)