Help West Resin will not kick..

[nymack66]

I brought a Gallon of resin from West Marine it will not harden period whats wrong ? I mix a quart with 9 cc of hardener as instructed.
Never did the Resin brought from defunct Boater World failed me as a matter of fact it will always tend to kick early I miss that store .Not to mentioned I paid 1o bucks more per gallon ..
My only option is to wipe it clean with acetone and start over ?

See product in q
http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs...3&classNum=673

[spareparts]

change hardener, had a batch go bad on me once, I thought the resin was bad, went adn bought new resin, same thing, before I went back to the store, I tried a different tube of hardener, it ste off, tried it with the old resin, worked fine, luckily I hadn't found any where to get rid of the old resin

[RidgeRunner]

I went thru a lot of resin on my rebuild. The ambient temperature and humidity reaks havoc with kick times. Unfortunately, the hardener does go bad. I used to keep the MEKP in the fridge. Mini-Craft of Florida is a good supplier. Let me know if you need something. Vic

[Stillrunning]

Lowes in my are sells Elmer's resin which works very well for I think $19.00 a gallon.

[nymack66]

Originally Posted by Stillrunning

Lowes in my are sells Elmer's resin which works very well for I think $19.00 a gallon.

Are you sure ? The Lowes here sells a quart for 14:99 ..
It was a simple backing plate for my anchor platform I was making out of plywood laminated in resin , I will wipe the piece off and try with new hardener, I did use an old batch ..My fault I guess, thanks guy's

[phatdaddy]

are you referring to polyester resin and not west system epoxy? if it is poly resin, i would suspect the MEK.