I have been building rods for over 15 yrs,so im not new to this great hobby. Im building a rod for a customer and my epoxy is not hardening. Ive been using the same brand epoxy for all this time. My first coat was dry, my second coat was dry ,my third thin coat is almost dry but kinda tacky. I measure everything perfectly, as I have always done. I am dumb founded over this. Can I put a thin coat over the tacky finish??? This has NEVER EVER happened to me before in all my years building rods. What should I do ????????????

You can add another coat if need be, but how long has this current coat been drying? Have you given it a full 3 days or so in a warm room?

Invariably, tacky epoxy is the result of improper measuring and/or not enough mixing. It happens to us all at some point, however, it might be too early to make that call.

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Tom: its been over 30 hrs so far . I mixed the same way I have always, So you say to wait and see after 3 days? I will wait and see Thanks

Patience grasshopper, give it more time.

we all make a mistrake or 2 in our life tims, the RATIO is wrong or the mixing is bad an it is hard to admit it can happend to us as , as you am I don't male any mistakes , well not
many , an tell about it my 2 CTS SID

William Sidney
AK

If you were watching TV or have kids around you may have been distracted when you mixed
I mix while watching TV and some times am not sure if I put so much one part in and so just chuck it and start again If the mix is not that fare off it should harded just like said give it some time

Bill - willierods.com

I always mix by the clock.
I mix for at least 120 seconds or 2 minutes.

When I had a case of a bad cure, it was the lack of mixing that had caused my issue.

Thanks to all, guess it was pilot error. I just hope it will harden eventually

I use pro-kote and three minutes is the mixing time epr the manuf.