I mixed up some polyester resin to coat the plywood on the new deck for my boat. Why is it that, within a few minutes, it was hardening in the cup and within 30 minutes it was hard as a rock while the resin that I had spread on the plywood was still sticky hours later?
I hope it hardens up before I get home tonight so I can apply the carpet and get the deck back in before the weekend.
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because it is much thicker in the cup and can build much more heat as it is kicking off.......if mixed to hot and deep in a cup it can catch fire...it will smoke and smell horrible (hotbatch) ......if you are going to leave unused catalyzed resin in a cup or bucket that has some depth to it pour water over it to be safe, it will still kick off under water....
Good info. I better mix up smaller batches.
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a proper mixture is 10cc of hardner to 4cups of resin..!!!! i do fiferglass for a living
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