Re: 1971 Aktiv Fischer ST4 "Snow Track"
UPDATE : None of this is good news. . .
Saturday morning I got about to mixing the epoxy bedliner spray that I was going to use as the new floor in the Snow Trac.
I had the epoxy cans inside my house, so they were at room temperature.
Each can was clearly labeled.
I had 2 full 'kits' of spray, so I had 2 cans of everything.
I turned the heater on in the garage/shop and warmed it up for about an hour before I took that epoxy out to mix it. I would guess the shop temperature was roughly 60 to 65 degrees.
I went about the process of mixing. I had my two kits separated so I would not mix up anything I shouldn't mix. This stuff has a 20 minute working time and everything must be in place long before you get started. So everything was set, I had my respirator on, my air gun running, face mask, etc. Everything was covered with tarps, taped off, etc.
I mix PART A with PART B and the stuff solidified almost instantly!!! Never did that before. (I've used this exact stuff before so I've got experience with the process, the brand, etc.) It set up so fast that thinner wouldn't thin it, the wooden paint stir stick got stuck in it and broke in half! YIKES.
I doubled checked all the cans. Yes, I did mix the correct stuff.
OK, not to panic, I have another kit just in case.
Clean out the bucket and start over. Everything is going well. I spray and all looks very good. So I leave the garage/shop and go off about my daily business. I come back and find that it is not hardening. HUH?
OK, I figure the temps must have something to do with it? It doesn't make sense, but I figure I'll turn the heater back on. So I run the heater all day. Still is not hard. Ditto Sunday.
Now I am just praying. If this stuff doesn't set up, then I have just sprayed a gallong of sticky goo into the Snow Trac that will have to be scraped out with a putty knife. And that will be a big nasty ugly mess as well as very time consuming. My plan was to put the gas tank back in Sunday. Reinstall the driver's seat. And take it out for a spin!!! We have SNOW.
And yes, I mixed the activator with the base. At least that is what the cans said I mixed. And since they are different sizes and shapes, it is really hard to screw that up. So I am sure I didn't screw it up.
I'm not worried about getting my money back. I'm not worried about getting replacement epoxy. What I am worried about is fixing this. My hope is the activator will eventually work and it will harden off. Worst case is not pretty because scraping all this out will put me weeks behind, just as the season is starting!
BTW, I went with a medium grey color and it sure looks good.