Hey ,
I gave my new gun [made of iroko] its first coat of west systems epoxy two nights ago, I thinned it down with about 15% acetone and placed the gun in front of the log burner before starting , and the gun was left in the warm room overnight.
The next day - the coating was bubbled all over the gun 'as expected' but what i didnt expect was that the coating was all separated ,its difficult to explain - a bit like painting vegetable oil on a wax candle??
Anyway , i sanded all the bubbles down with wetndry and last night i gave the gun its second coat of epoxy , i didnt thin this one down . I could see straight away that the effect was the same , the epoxy had some sort of capillary action wich left hundreds of potholes in the finish , however this morning it looked better than i expected.
Why is this happenning -
Any input is good stuff
I gave my new gun [made of iroko] its first coat of west systems epoxy two nights ago, I thinned it down with about 15% acetone and placed the gun in front of the log burner before starting , and the gun was left in the warm room overnight.
The next day - the coating was bubbled all over the gun 'as expected' but what i didnt expect was that the coating was all separated ,its difficult to explain - a bit like painting vegetable oil on a wax candle??
Anyway , i sanded all the bubbles down with wetndry and last night i gave the gun its second coat of epoxy , i didnt thin this one down . I could see straight away that the effect was the same , the epoxy had some sort of capillary action wich left hundreds of potholes in the finish , however this morning it looked better than i expected.
Why is this happenning -
- Glue too cold?
- Glue gone off?
- Something to do with the wood?
Any input is good stuff