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Back in October I was fiberglassing my boat with the epoxy cover kit I got from Glen-l. The weather started to turn chilly and sanding even after a couple of days just seemed to gum up so I decided to stop until I got some warmer weather.

The past couple of weeks have been warm so I decided to dive in again. I a applying the flow coats. The only thing is my "A" resin was wierd. It was like it started to crystalize, kinda like honey that sat around for a year or so. I brought the resin in doors thinking it still might be cold and stored it at 70+ for over a week. Today I tried to work with it but I could not, still lumpy and thick.

I have some other resin from West Marine "105" that seems to be ok. Is there a short shelf life to Epoxy Shield? Or is it still good? It sure doesn't seem to be good.

huck..

Try sitting the can in a warm water bath for a few hours. It should get rid of your crystals/clumps.

About longevity: I am currently using Glen L's stuff, but I started the project with some left over West System epoxy that I have had sitting around for 12 years or so with the measuring pumps on them. Stuff worked great.

Thanks Dan the warm water has seemed to work, I'll try it out this afternoon.

Those lumps sometimes take time to get rid of! I had to stir my west systems resin for ages while heating it gently on the outside with a heatgun (not recommended!!) The lumps were clogging up my pumps.

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I want to build another Kid Row next summer, and I have epoxy left over from last summer's Kid Row. I'll find out how robust the stuff is after spending the frozen Wisconsin winter out in the garage!