Day 50 - Oh #@%&!

The resin I picked up from Tap Plastics did not work. It did not setup. There was only a minor reaction that turned the resin into a goopy mess. I did a few experiments with the resin at different rations 4:1 (as recommended), 3:1 and 2:1. None of them produced a resin that setup in 8 hours. Besides now having to go back to Tap Plastics and return their failed resin, I now have to clean the sticky, gloppy mess of the top of my kayak.

I first tried a scraper. That just pushed the stuff around. Also tried to use a wide chisel, figuring it could get under the goopy mess. That worked a little, but still left a lot of residue. I had about half a pint of acetone left and some old rags. That seemed to work pretty well. But I was burning through acetone pretty quickly. Off to Lowe's. Picked up a gallon of acetone and box of painters rags, along with a new box of rubber gloves. After a couple of hours of wiping down the boat with about 25 rags, I finally got most of the crappy resin off without damaging the cured resin underneath. I hit it with some sand paper just to make sure I got all of it off.

Now, the boat is cleaned and prepped for a redo of the fill coat. I ordered some additional System 3 resin (same as I used on the rest of the boat). Should be here in a few days. With a projected 4 days of down time, I hung the boat up, cleaned up the garage and pulled the truck in the garage for the first time in months. The truck was happy.