Amine Blush/Bloom

Discussion in 'Materials' started by Phil Westendorf, Oct 28, 2013.

  1. upchurchmr
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    upchurchmr Senior Member

    Excessive.
    Water and a wash rag or scotchbrite.
    Scrubbing off the gloss is too much, unless you want the exercise.
     

  2. Phil Westendorf
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    Phil Westendorf Junior Member

    Amine Blush Cont'd.

    Today I used dish soap-water mixture with green scotchbrite pads and removed the blush that resulted from the epoxy I put on the hull last week. My hull has no screws, just epoxy and trunnels, therefore I added fillets between the frames (9 of them) and the side panels and bottom. All the surfaces were covered with a stickey substance (Blush) which was mostly removed.
    I had brushed the epoxy on and assume I did a poor job of applying a even coating of epoxy resulting in some places where the blush was thicker. Where that occured I used a sharp chisel as a scraper and removed it. The soap-water wouldn't cut it.
    When the opportunity presents itself I'll definately use an epoxy which does not produce blush. It's a waste of time dealing with it. The Dow Epoxy was a gift and I wasn't going to turn it down, not 10 gallons.
    The controlled test I discussed yesterday is in process. I'll post those results soon.
    To all who contributed to this post, my thanks. I have a much better understanding of this now and am ready to deal with it.
    phil w.
     
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