Post-trimming sticky residue


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Hanaldo
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Hey all, 

I have an issue that I have never experienced or heard of before so I was hoping someone might be able to help me. I have just finished making my tea trays with flax, jute and carbon fibre, infused with epoxy resin. Using Frekote 700 release agent. When I removed the parts from the mould, they were perfect. Shiny and smooth, exactly as I wanted them. 

Then a few days after demoulding, I trimmed the first tray up. After washing the dust off with soap and water, a sticky cloudiness began to appear in patches. Starting along the edges, it almost seems to spread over the part. Nothing I have tried can get it off, I've tried acetone, soap and warm water, I even sanded it back and then polished it up again, but it just doesn't come off. Strange thing is I can sort of smudge it around with my finger, and it even balls up as if it were a wax or something, but can't remove it. 

For the few days while I was doing this, the other part remained perfectly shiny and smooth. I could wipe a paper towel over it without it feeling tacky anywhere, so I happy. Then I trimmed it up, and voila, sticky cloudiness. It's only after trimming the part that it develops? 

Any thoughts? 
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i have found that particularly IN resin will take a long time to cure and will absorb water and become cloudy if worked before it is fully cured. My experience involved wet sanding a  part that had been made with IN resin and fished with coating resin. When i wet sanded the coating resin everything was fine unless i sanded through to the IN resin underneath and then bad things started to happen in much the same way as you are describing. Cloudyness - patches moving around, spreading and no hope of improvement. the more you work it the worse it gets. I would try either baking before you do any finishing. Or . dry sanding then vacum and lacquer with 2k all wearing gloves to prevent any contamination on the surface. I do something like the later but i finish with coating resin not 2k as i need a very durable finish. Basically its the water in my opinion. 
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