I have done it with good results, still holding up after 4 years of regular use. But I’ve heard other stories like yours, so I don’t do it anymore. Plus, once you get used to working with epoxy, for me anyway, don’t feel inclined to break out the poly anymore. My boards are not super shiny, some guys get pretty good shine with epoxy, but I hand sand to a fine grit and call it good enough.
Is it a poly gloss over epoxy hotcoat or a poly hotcoat over epoxy lam. I used to do it often for long time with no problems but small poly chip off on dings. I see it from poly hotcoat on epoxy lam too soft, light glass over light foam. Not all epoxy can be cover with poly, need a cured well sanded surface, iso poly resin. Better to keep poly only for gloss, and better to not use it.
There’s always been issues trying to combine the two and because of the chemistry there always will be. Just ordered a can of the Spray Max. Could it be that there will finally be a better way to finish? Thanks for the tip Chrisp. This works as advertised and it’ll be a new world.
Does this Spraymax have a long shelf life after it is activated? like If I spray down a fin, and then next year, want to do another fin, am I going to have a unusable 29$ can of spraymax?
What kind of surface prep is required before application?
I’ve been having serious issues with fisheyes and Apex Epoxy due to airborne contaminants and a shade tree/tarp workshop, and have never really achieved good enough gloss finishes with any Epoxy I’ve used and tried to polish, even in more favorable work environments.