On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 16:58:14 -0800, b.stevens wrote:

Thanks, for all the advise so far. I did'nt think of surface tension as
being a problem. I can try another band but what type ??. I know the
resin had not started to cure before the problem started and as far as
I can tell the surface is pretty clean. Gassing might be present, but
this would give little bumps correct.

Bruce

If it was caused by beading of the epoxy, then maybe just adding some kind
of filler to the epoxy you've got would help. In any event, it would be
a good experiment. If you have done this kind of thing before, then you
will have your own ideas about how much filler to add to the resin.

If you haven't done this kind of thing before then let me just say make
sure you add enough filler to get a substantially thicker texture,
otherwise the results of the experiment may be inconclusive. If you want
to be really scientific about it, you could prepare 2 or 3 different
mixtures with differing amounts of filler, and see whether any of them
bead up on you.

As I said elsewhere, you may want to just get an epoxy primer and use that.

--Mac