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Black Cloud Away?
Anyone know where to get some?
Tired of the black cloud following me around. Attempted to glass a small area of the transom on the skiff. Don't you know the hardener had started to go bad.. The hardener I purchased last week mind you.. What I have done looks great and I put the time in. BUT Will it harden?? What a kick to the balls. I am about ready to throw in the towel. Always test your $tuff first. After the job is thought to be done is no time to find out the hardener works but only at ten times the normal rate.. It will save you time and aggravation.. One area that has the largest buildup of glass seems to be hardening up. The outside sections are tacky still, and with this heat. I am screwed. It shoulda went off by now.. 14 hours old.. I have the time, I will wait it out. If it never hardens it will be easy to tear out later... What will harden needs a chance to cure so the grinder won't gum up so bad.. I will come back in three days to see what the heck happened.. Time for a nap 
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08-10-2014, 09:16 AM
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put a heat lamp on it
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08-10-2014, 01:09 PM
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Did that my friend. Even tried a heat gun in a spot or two. I ended up adding nearly the entire 2 oz of MEK to 8 oz of resin to make it kick. I couldn't stand it. The area that was starting to set had squishy resin all underneath so I ripped it all off. Wiped down with Acetone and I am ready to go again. I hope that I don't wear out my welcome at the glass shop tomorrow morning.. I am stupid for not trying it first. I just got back from the getting place with more supplys if my heart was just in it..MEK three tubes from two sources says at least one of these are still good. Waiting on that magic temperature here now. No good glasswork can be accomplished without the 110 degree heat index.
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08-10-2014, 01:10 PM
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I could not trust the repairs, even though they are cosmetic. I will get a picture up if I can find the camera..
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08-10-2014, 02:50 PM
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my father messed around with home built aircraft, he helped his brother start a project building an ultralight(never finished due to my uncles death from cancer). One thing I took note of, was everything they opened a new bottle of any type of adhesive or resin, they would make a test piece and check it to make sure it cured properly. No I don't do that as often as i should, but I usually start with a small repair or area before i jump into a larger area, just in case.
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