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ProfessorM · 02-25-2017, 11:24 AM

Ha. Sys. 3 is a challenge for sure. My spinner has been on nightly for 2 weeks now. Every now and then I do not get results I want but not the norm thank god. Could be many things. Are you wiping down the first coat with alcohol before you apply the second. It does help. A light wipe down with a dust free cheap style paper towel. Bounty and the good ones have too much softness, dust catchers, if you know what I mean. That usually fixes a crappy first coat which is the norm for me. Hates first coat over paint but loves going over itself. Obviously clean the brush and cup and mixing stick with alcohol before mixing and no touching plug warm temp yada yada but I am sure you know all that by now. Just happens. Those will be yours and fish don't care.
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Diggin Jiggin · 02-25-2017, 12:19 PM

ya I wired another batch this morning, wore gloves the whole time and never touched the paint. I washed cup/brush with alcohol, same problems + a new one (crystals forming in the epoxy). I Quit after 3.

So I Mixed up a batch of envirotex lite which I use for sealing as its so much cheaper and did the rest of the batch with that. I may just stick with that for this year although it goes on thicker than Id like + it always yellows a bit more.

Thinking my sys 3 had just gone bad or something, maybe I will just use that for sealing.

BTW, I painted a different plug with that pink and hit it with both sys 3 and the envirotex and the sys 3 dissolved the paint, the envirotex didnt.

ed morini · 02-25-2017, 01:00 PM

Usually crystals forming onthe bottom are an indication of non use. You can just heat the resin (~120 ) and they will disperse. As a rule, unless specified by manufacturer, there is no shelf like for resin. AQlso check your DNA for other ingredients, these may be causing some contamination. The best alochol for expoxy is Everclear, its 199 proof.

This level of SYS3 is a pretty sophisticated blend of resins, any deviation in surface prep, mixing ratio, and temperature (and that can mean apply heat to kick it) can result in problems.