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baitkiller 
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 Topic: Why must they die so young?Posted: March-04-2014 at 6:56pm |
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I had two quarts of no wax gelcoat set aside for my decks and both are bad. They only sat about a month in the garage (which is hot)
If i wanted to piss away that money i would have preferred to drink it. Rats.. 
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Posted: March-04-2014 at 6:58pm |
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Damn... Ive always had techs tell me gel has a limited shelf life- always figured they were trying to get me to buy more! How can you tell if its bad- is it obvious?
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Posted: March-04-2014 at 7:03pm |
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yeah, Its hard on top, phase separated and crystallized where it isnt gooey.
I could have bought a good bottle of booze and a case of beer instead. |
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Gary S
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Posted: March-04-2014 at 8:04pm |
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It must be how you stored it. I have some mini craft gel that they say is only good for something like 6 months, going on about 4 or 5 years. I keep it in the garage where it's cold but not freezing in the winter somewhat cool in the summer. I also use a product called Bloxygen on all my gel and automotive paints. You'll have to google it,I'm on my pad
 and can't figure it out.
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Posted: March-04-2014 at 8:29pm |
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I know Gary, I should have put in the beer fridge. Just because it's my fault doesn't mean I cant complain about it. I learned that from my wife and kids. I use Duratech which I think is the same thing. No wax needed hard and glossy finish?
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Posted: March-04-2014 at 8:40pm |
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I hear you John,when I first bought some it was 85 a qt and I could handle that.The last time I got a qt it was 135! Correct on the duratech but I have used it only on gel that already had wax. I ended up using half of what they said to mix don't know if that was because of the wax already in there.
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