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[ProfessorM]

After thinking about this and talking to Dave last night I got a feeling you may have put a slightly bigger amount of the hardener in the mix just a tad too much. The small little particles that start to appear in the epoxy cup as you are applying It has happened to me on occasion and I think maybe it is starting to kick to just a very small degree. Not setting up to harden but just a wee bit of the process starting. I once talked to sys 3 about this problem and they told me to just mix it again and it will eventually disappear but it never does once it is in the mix plus you add too many bubbles into the mix if you do this. Bubbles in the mix will usually not come out either unlike e Tex which you can get out with a little heat or your breath. That does not work with this. Just a thought.
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[Diggin Jiggin]

Ya, thanks Paul. I played around with it again this morning. I had warmed the epoxy yesterday before mixing and then I was just applying it from the warm cup I mixed it in and I think that caused it to try and set up too fast.

This morning I mixed it cold and once mixed poured it out on a big coffee lid covered with foil so it spreads out and that worked a lot better. I still had a few crystals form but nothing like yesterdat and the pot life was what it should be. Going to try it again on some the last of the pencils that I had painted last week.

I think cleaning them with alcohol between coats is good too. I dont always need to do 2 coats and i had forgotten to do that yesterday when I did the second coat.