My wax in styrene mix, that we use for making hotcoat/sanding resin has gelled in it’s container, what can I do? It went waxy once before and I just added more styrene, which fixed it but will this work again? How do you make this stuff because I have not got ready access to a new supply. Anyone?? The local fibreglass (industrial) factory man says that lam. resin is sandable if you leave it for a few days until the stickiness goes.
My wax in styrene mix, that we use for making hotcoat/sanding resin has > gelled in it’s container, what can I do? It went waxy once before and I > just added more styrene, which fixed it but will this work again? How do > you make this stuff because I have not got ready access to a new supply. > Anyone?? The local fibreglass (industrial) factory man says that lam. > resin is sandable if you leave it for a few days until the stickiness > goes. Just add more styrene for now. To make it 1 box Parafin wax 4 bars melt in a can in a pot of boiling water. 1 bar to a qt of styrene works as good as anything you can buy… I made it many times in my life… Always keep a lid on it or that will happen again… Hope that helps…Rob
Just add more styrene for now. To make it 1 box Parafin wax 4 bars melt in > a can in a pot of boiling water. 1 bar to a qt of styrene works as good as > anything you can buy… I made it many times in my life… Always keep a lid > on it or that will happen again… Hope that helps…Rob If you have to use straight laminating resin to do fill coat, you can sand it by starting with wet and dry paper and hand sanding with acetone instead of water. Very messy and unhealthy, but it can at least get the fill coat to the point where you can sand it without gumming up the paper.
If you have to use straight laminating resin to do fill coat, you can sand > it by starting with wet and dry paper and hand sanding with acetone > instead of water. Very messy and unhealthy, but it can at least get the > fill coat to the point where you can sand it without gumming up the paper. …Put some styrene in a container with a chunk of parafin wax,stick the container in a bucket of warm water…now you have your surfacing agent…or styrene in a waxed paper cup will work for small stuff,as Jim Phillips found this out the hard way.You can even mop over a lam coat with a little clear sanding dust this will cut the stickys right out of it.Herb
…Put some styrene in a container with a chunk of parafin wax,stick > the container in a bucket of warm water…now you have your surfacing > agent…or styrene in a waxed paper cup will work for small > stuff,as Jim Phillips found this out the hard way.You can even mop over a > lam coat with a little clear sanding dust this will cut the stickys right > out of it.Herb …YOU CAN ALSO DRAPE WAX PAPER OVER THE LAM COAT AFTER IT SETS-UP.Squeege the waxed paper down to the lam coat and let it set for a period.THEN COME BACK AND PULL THE PAPER…GET IT.Herb
My wax in styrene mix, that we use for making hotcoat/sanding resin has > gelled in it’s container, what can I do? My wax gells up when the temperture is low. Try warming it up first. The lid should be air tight on the container. The Surface Agent is available through places like www.fiberglasssuppply.com if you are in North America. It went waxy once before and I > just added more styrene, which fixed it but will this work again? How do > you make this stuff because I have not got ready access to a new supply. > Anyone?? The local fibreglass (industrial) factory man says that lam. > resin is sandable if you leave it for a few days until the stickiness > goes. http://www.viser.net/~anthwind/