Hey everyone. Short story - I patched two bubbles with uncured resin.
I’ve been working on my first board for the past month or so. I’m using polyester resin for the glass job. I glassed the bottom of the board and had two pretty small bubbles that I decided to cut out and patch. One was on the rail and the other on the deck lap of the tail.
I was getting ready to glass the Deck. The plan was to catalyze the resin, patch the bubbles while the glass was rolled back, place the logo… and begin glassing.
Well, I somehow ended up patching BEFORE I added the catalyst. So stupid. Anyway, I have two small patches of “Blue resin” trapped under two layers of glass.
Should I try to fix this? Is it just going to be a cosmetic blemish, or will it cause other problems down the road?
Added a pic of the resin trapped. As well as a couple of pics of the board.
@Bradley , for starters, nice work on the shape and color!
Polyester resin is usually ‘pre-promoted’ so it is already curing by itself in the can but at a super slow rate. The MEKP accelerates the reaction from months to minutes. If it does not seem ‘juicy’ I would consider leaving as-is.
All that said, I do mostly epoxy and would defer to anyone’s advice beyond mine who regularly does polyester laminating.
I second Jrandy’s compliments on the board, it’s looks great. Your resin should harden due to lack of oxygen and will respond to warmer temps. It probably won’t be as strong as if it cured normally but given the location probably won’t be a problem.
