Just put the gloss on the bottom of my board using RR. I noticed on the tail of the board the resin was sort of beading up. A little light bulb went off in my head reminding me that I had used WD40 on that part of the board to remove the spray glue from my ProBox templates but had not thoroughly cleaned it afterwards. Other than looking like ass will this have any other effect on the epoxy? What I am most worried about is if it keeps it from curing and how I would go about removing half cured epoxy. If it cures, no big deal I just sand it down clean the area and lay down another coat.
Howzit kim, Even pu glossing resin will leave a bead in the tail, it’s the nature of the beast and like you said just sand it off.Aloha,Kokua
It cured fine so I’ll just clean it up with a good sanding. Is their some reason that it happens at the tail but not the nose?
… I had used WD40 on that part of the board to remove the spray glue from my ProBox templates…
Why didn’t you just use alcohol to clean up the glue? Anything greasy or oily around a fillcoat/hotcoat, be it poly or epoxy, is just flirting with disaster.
Quote:… I had used WD40 on that part of the board to remove the spray glue from my ProBox templates…
Why didn’t you just use alcohol to clean up the glue? Anything greasy or oily around a fillcoat/hotcoat, be it poly or epoxy, is just flirting with disaster.
I used WD40 because I did not happen to have any alcohol. I cleaned the glue off on Saturday afternoon and gloss coated Sunday morning. In between then I drank a lot.
I remember once going over to a buddies house to make templates…had a couple beers…then a couple during the templating process…for some reason the next morning the templates didn’t looks so epic. Flat spots and wobbles i surprisingly didn’t see the night before.
So for todays (second) minor catastrophe it appears like I may have been off some on my ratios for the epoxy for my leash cup install. It’s still kinda soft like 6 hours after I did it. Will it eventually cure or do I need to rip it out. God I’m an idiot sometimes. I guess I didn’t realize how much attention to detail really has to go into building a board.
It cured hard over night, whew!