Hey everyone, I need a little help…seems like the resin got to me and I added wax solution to my hot coat TWICE…this was not made apparent until the board cured (9’2 noserider with UV cure resin). Now I have a huge mess…way too much wax in the surface and it gums up any attempt to sand. I am afraid to remove with a solvent, so what to do. I would appreciate anyones input as this board is a Xmas presnt for a friend and the old clock is ticking!!! Thanks in advance for the help! ToddO
Hey everyone, I need a little help…seems like the resin got to me and I > added wax solution to my hot coat TWICE…this was not made apparent > until the board cured (9’2 noserider with UV cure resin). Now I have a > huge mess…way too much wax in the surface and it gums up any attempt to > sand. I am afraid to remove with a solvent, so what to do. I would > appreciate anyones input as this board is a Xmas presnt for a friend and > the old clock is ticking!!!>>> Thanks in advance for the help! ToddO you might try something like isopropyl alcohol (i think rubbing alcohol is mostly isopropyl) which shouldn’t affect fully cured polyester but might help lift off the wax. or else sometimes if i have trouble ‘getting into’ a hotcoat from alot of wax i do an initial sanding with a heavier grit paper (like 60 or 80) just to scuff it up without taking off too much because it leaves pretty deep scratches. i think this just helps the next paper bite in a bit better since i do most of my sanding with 120. also i have found that when all else fails you can successfully hand wet sand just about anything. i am in the process of this as i just did a gloss coat on a board where i wanted to use up some older really thick resin so i mixed it in with the new stuff. i think that maybe i didn’t adequately mix it because it isn’t the usual super hard consistency of cured resin. it isn’t soft or tacky but it gums up the paper and when i power sand it, it gets hot and smears a bit. i wet sands fine though and comes out to a good finish. i guess some things can only be learned the hard way since even if someone told me in advance i still would have tried. so don’t try and use up old resin. bit of a tangent there. sorry, and good luck with the board. trev
you might try something like isopropyl alcohol (i think rubbing alcohol is > mostly isopropyl) which shouldn’t affect fully cured polyester but might > help lift off the wax. or else sometimes if i have trouble ‘getting into’ > a hotcoat from alot of wax i do an initial sanding with a heavier grit > paper (like 60 or 80) just to scuff it up without taking off too much > because it leaves pretty deep scratches. i think this just helps the next > paper bite in a bit better since i do most of my sanding with 120. also i > have found that when all else fails you can successfully hand wet sand > just about anything. i am in the process of this as i just did a gloss > coat on a board where i wanted to use up some older really thick resin so > i mixed it in with the new stuff. i think that maybe i didn’t adequately > mix it because it isn’t the usual super hard consistency of cured resin. > it isn’t soft or tacky but it gums up the paper and when i power sand it, > it gets hot and smears a bit. i wet sands fine though and comes out to a > good finish. i guess some things can only be learned the hard way since > even if someone told me in advance i still would have tried. so don’t try > and use up old resin. bit of a tangent there. sorry, and good luck with > the board. trev You could try sticking it in the sun first to see if it will dry.Herb.
on my first board i didnt put enough wax in my hotcoat and i had the same problem… it would smear or melt when i tried to sand it. so i took it to a friend of mine for some help and he said to just put another hot coat layer right over it. so i did that, sanded the board, and it worked out just fine. -steve
Make sure it’s dry, like Herb said, then wet sand with soapy water.
Hey everyone, I need a little help…seems like the resin got to me and I > added wax solution to my hot coat TWICE…this was not made apparent > until the board cured (9’2 noserider with UV cure resin). Now I have a > huge mess…way too much wax in the surface and it gums up any attempt to > sand. I am afraid to remove with a solvent, so what to do. I would > appreciate anyones input as this board is a Xmas presnt for a friend and > the old clock is ticking!!!>>> Thanks in advance for the help! ToddO I had this problem in Fla. when the temps got way out of hand, I had corrugated asbestos roofing with no insulation, the solar radiation would “cook” the wax right out of the hot coat and make it unsandible. The solution, suspended ceilings, thin out the next hot coat with styrene, redo and sand like a mutha’