How to fix hazy surface resulting from cured EnviroTex Lite?

Question

My wife made a little project (a wooden food tray) and coated the inner surface with EnviroTex Lite. After the material cured the prescribed 72 hours, there are places where the surface is a bit hazy. I was just looking at the troubleshooting section of the instructions, it seems the only fix might be to sand it lightly, remove the dust, and flood coat again.

We bought the EnviroTex Lite at AC Moore, and, unfortunately, no one there was very helpful with regard to how to work with this product. One person had suggested using a paint brush to spread the material after flood coating, but he seemed to be guessing when he made that suggestion.


Will that suggestion fix it? How can we be sure the new coat doesn't also become slightly hazy? Did we do something wrong in the first place? Any suggestions for working with this material on her next project?

Thanks.

Answer 1

There could be various reasons this might have happened --for example, humidity level, temperature, not thoroughly mixing it, using waxed cups, not sealing porous things with permanent paint or clear sealer before using with resin (e.g. *bare* wood isn't good) because they may still have a bit of moisture, not storing between 70-85 degrees, pouring it deeper than 1/8" at one time--to a maximum of 1/2" or 4 pours, and perhaps other reasons.



You can read all about mixing and using epoxy resins like Envirotex Lite on this page of my site, if you're interested, for lots more info about all those things:

http://glassattic.com/polymer/other_materials.htm

(...click on EPOXY RESINS, then read especially some of those first subcategories)



You might get away with putting more epoxy on top of this epoxy, depending on what caused the problem in the first place. (And btw, sanding cured resin is pretty darned hard!)



P.S. When I read the first part of your subject line, I was sure you had used a *polyester* resin instead of an epoxy resin since using a polyester in this way could definitely create problems with the surface. But Envirotex Lite is an epoxy, so it must be another reason.





Diane B.

Answer 2

Envirotex Lite Tips

Answer 3

Envirotex Lite Instructions

Answer 4

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