White Flash Speed Coat

General Discussion
1

Any one had experience with this stuff?

Here’s my experience:

I had built 2 wood veneered deck boards for use with a kite. Both are EPS/RR epoxy/glass. Bases are plain white.

What I did not realise is that ‘White Flash’ should really be called ‘Blue Flash’ as it has a bluish tint to it.

Unfortunately I sprayed both the base and the deck with the stuff, so although the base looked a nice bluish white, the wood deck looked awful.

I built the boards too light, so after a few sessions through the waves, I noticed the base rippling slightly.

No bother I thought, just sand down and re-glass.

2 problems I have found with ‘White Flash’

  1. It is very difficult to sand, clogs the sandpaper, even a bit when wet sanding.

  2. I am not sure if this is due to the 'White Flash, but when I sanded off the white flash coating, the glass has gone yellow.

I spoke to the distributor who supplied both the RR epoxy and the white flash, but he didn’t seem to know what was causing it.

Has anyone else had this problem?

2

Have a look here:

 

http://www2.swaylocks.com/forums/seabase-white-flash-speedcoat

3

Thanks for that.

I think there is something else at play here. The board was bright white before I applied the speedcoat. The blank was sprayed with white acrylic, and I used a white pigment in the epoxy. After sanding off the speedcoat, it is very yellow compared to what it was before coating. The board was built about 2 months back, so I wouldn’t imagine ageing is a factor. I thought maybe that heat from sanding was a factor, but I scraped some of the speedcoat off with a razor blade - same problem.

Think I will stick to 2 pot car lacquer in future.