coating epoxy hot coats


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TomW059
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Hi, I have hot coated a kiteboard to test before doing it on a bigger job. 
I mixed coating epoxy and applied rather thickly with brush directly onto finished laminate ( 200g twill glass).
It flowed out and filled weave nicely. After 18 hrs in 19c garage with controlled humidity,  it is cured,  but has waxy/ greasy surface. I tried cleaning an area with acetone and it did not help. 
I mixed using weight ratio with compensation for different density of hardener and epoxy. This,would mean I had a little too much hardener because it is lighter. 
Could this be problem. 
Epoxy is one year old. Been in cool dark place. It Looks clear and ok.

Please advise,   is this normal?  I was expecting glossy, clear, hard surface.  

Regards, Tom Waldner 
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The standard mixing ratios for all our epoxy resins are based on parts by weight, so you will not need to take into account density and temperature in the weighing process.  A minor change in the ratio could easily be the cause as could be humidity.  You mention the humidity was controlled so it should not be that.  The temperature is ok but higher the better. So that would suggest potentially a slight error on the mixing.

A light wet sand and polish should remove any traces.

Warren Penalver
Easy Composites / Carbon Mods - Technical Support Assistant
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