I just shot a hot coat with kwik kick, weighed my mixture (2 to 1), stirred for greater than 1 minute. 1 1/2 hours later, still not kicking. Laminate was done with Green room epoxy. Epoxy in bucket is not kicking either.
What now?!
This is my tenth board this year using epoxy - roughly 50 mixes (I do 1 layer at a time) - I'm confident in my ratio and mixing. Any ideas??
2 to 1 is VOLUME not Weight. Looks like you did weight. I just did a lamination and two hot-coats today with Kwick Kick bought at Greenlight. No problems. Did it inside at 72 degrees and flipped in about an hour and a half.
Are you SURE you used resin and hardener, not just one of them? Stranger things have happened. Usually, if you're off on your percentage, you'll still get a kick, just won't cure all the way. If it didn't kick at all, mix another small batch and see how that goes.
2:1 by volume is what I use for mixing(I’ve read that the ratio is different when mixing by weight),I’ve never had a problem with any epoxy.The kwik kick epoxy is blueish,the hardener has a yellow tint.
I was concerned about the volume and weight ratios being different. Went to the RR website and all the information I could find (including on the bottles) was "2 parts resin, 1 part hardener". I am diligent with measuring and mixing and have never had a problem before.
Oh well, it is only a surfboard, it's not like I'm saving lives.
Yea,I would try mixing a small batch 2:1 by volume and check your results.I did some touch ups on a recent build this evening at 80 degrees,tack free in an hour.I bought the epoxy from greenlight a few weeks ago.I did mix a batch once and spilled a bunch of adF in the mix on accident and used it anyway,the epoxy took twice as long to cure and I was freaking the #### out man.
Every problem I have had with epoxy was my fault, hot coat with un-gelled streaks, didn’t mix it completely, lamination went off in some spots not in others, I had measured out both parts, poured them together and the phone rang, when I got back to the batch I poured it on the board without mixing. Sealer coated my son’s board with 2 parts hardner to 1 part resin, tried to recoat and super squeegee the mixes together, the board delam’d as soon as it got warm the first time.
Other than that, as long as I follow directions, it works every time and they call me a genius