# Dealing with sticky resin/epoxy - on whole boat!!!

**URL:** <https://forum.clcboats.com/t/dealing-with-sticky-resin-epoxy-on-whole-boat/47204>\
**Category:** Builder's Forum\
**Created:** [September 28, 2019, 12:39pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/dealing-with-sticky-resin-epoxy-on-whole-boat/47204 "2019-09-28T12:39:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Garrett\_Friedrichsen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f04885/32.png) [@Garrett\_Friedrichsen](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Garrett_Friedrichsen)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2019, 12:39pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/dealing-with-sticky-resin-epoxy-on-whole-boat/47204/1 "2019-09-28T12:39:54Z")

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New resuce 17' kayak. No wonder the guy gave up on it 20 years ago!

The resin coat on teh boat is sticky.&nbsp; Not super sticky but also NOT sandable at all.&nbsp; My goal is to take the deck down to the wood. (deck not glassed) and then sand the hull which was poorly glassed.&nbsp; BUT, the sticky poorly applied resin won't allow for this.&nbsp;

Thoughts Ideas?&nbsp; Really crazy how difficult it is to deal with this!&nbsp;&nbsp;

I've googled the problem which seems to be common, the best advice I can find is, 'remove the sticky coating.'&nbsp;&nbsp;

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Before I sink any $$ into this thing I'll need to figure out if this coat of epoxy can be taken down!

Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![Stephen\_Clark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@Stephen\_Clark](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Stephen_Clark)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2019, 5:41pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/dealing-with-sticky-resin-epoxy-on-whole-boat/47204/2 "2019-09-28T17:41:31Z")

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Two points I'd like to know first off:

How thick is the uncured resin you're dealing with?

Do you know for sure whether it's epoxy or perhaps polyester resin?

Whichever it is, I think the practical approach - labor intensive, yes - would be to mechanically scrape as much of it off as you possibly can.

From _every_ surface you can _possibly_ get a scraper onto.

Once that's done you need to address whether what remains behind will inhibit the bond between the wood and your choice of properly-mixed epoxy.

You may find some kind of solvent wash in order if you need to remove more crud than a scraper can.

Putting good over not-so-good, then finding out later you should have done a better prep, would be a sad thing.

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**Author:** ![Garrett\_Friedrichsen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f04885/32.png) [@Garrett\_Friedrichsen](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Garrett_Friedrichsen)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 9:04am UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/dealing-with-sticky-resin-epoxy-on-whole-boat/47204/3 "2019-09-30T09:04:53Z")

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&nbsp; &nbsp;Thank you all - all I know is the boat was built in 1999 and I'm unsure what the person used for epoxy.

So I grew inpatient and wanted to make progress so I heatgunned and scrapped the entire deck. Didn't take that long. 1 full day to heat/scrape/then 80 grit sand with orbital the whole deck.&nbsp; its now down to bare wood.

next up... the cockpit, best I can!

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**Author:** ![Stephen\_Clark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@Stephen\_Clark](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Stephen_Clark)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 9:12am UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/dealing-with-sticky-resin-epoxy-on-whole-boat/47204/4 "2019-09-30T09:12:46Z")

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Encouraging progress then! Thanks for the update. &nbsp;&nbsp;