once again i screwed up. really bummed and stressed about it as i was gonna give this to a friend. I prepped everything to lam. taped my deck off for cutlap. tested some pigment on scraps. mixed my cabosil with fiberglass HI slow hardener and epoxy 2:1, got it nice and thick. the resin kicked extremely fast and HOT. by the time i went to do the second box, the resin hardened on my 1" chip brush i used on the first finbox.. so i had to mix another batch of cabosil/epoxy for the next box and didnt have brushes. tried to use a finger to spread it around in my route. once i pushed the box in it wouldnt sit right, so i try to push it down into the route harder- my tape gets pushed in- i really didnt want any resin in my fin slot so i pulled the box out.. anyway, I squeegee all the overflow off the board so everything stays flat. I pull out the box as its coated in uncured epoxy cabosil, and decide to stop f*king it up any more.
so as of now, i got one fin box set, my cloth rolled back ready to lam, and now resin is curing in the slot i pulled the box out of. lord help me. i cleaned up my resin coated box with vinegar, then acetone..im thinking it was starting to get a bit too hot in my tent i shape/glass in when i mixed the resin-didnt even notice but , when i looked up at my thermometer it was reading 90 degrees. or my ratio was somehow off. on the first batch that got too hot- i mixed the resin, harderer, and cabosil all at once. the second batch didnt kick as quickly maybe since i mixed in the cabosil before adding any hardener so mixing too much to get the cabosil blended may have been an issue as well. any thoughts for the next course of action?? im thinking i should re-route once the resin has cured in that old route, then try again. or just hand it off to someone else who actually knows what theyre doing.
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