ondarvr
Supreme Mariner
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If you add wax it means that you need to sand 100% of the surface, and remove all the wax that may have been moved around and deposited in new places while sanding. Plus it means you are required to sand the surface, no way around it, then clean up after spending possibly a couple of hours sanding, spending money on griding discs, grinders, etc. All of this is avoided by not using waxed resin.
If any painting is going to be done in the shop there can be problems with having most of the shop and tools contaminated with wax.
Also in a shop where employees are building boats (or whatever) you now have extra steps the need to be remembered, and someone will always forget and use waxed resin where it shouldn't be used, which can cause huge warranty claims.
Wax also separates from the resin or gel coat over time, and at times can be difficult to mix back into solution, so now you have what you think is waxed resin, but really there is only a layer of wax floating on the surface, little or nothing is mixed into the drum or pail. If you pour it out of a pail or similar container the first stuff that comes out is mostly wax, so after that there's little left in the container. If you take it from a drum, it's normally from a spiggot at the lowest point when the drum is laid down, so now if the wax is floating on the surface you won't get any until the drum is almost empty. Temperature fluctuations exacerbate the problem.
If any painting is going to be done in the shop there can be problems with having most of the shop and tools contaminated with wax.
Also in a shop where employees are building boats (or whatever) you now have extra steps the need to be remembered, and someone will always forget and use waxed resin where it shouldn't be used, which can cause huge warranty claims.
Wax also separates from the resin or gel coat over time, and at times can be difficult to mix back into solution, so now you have what you think is waxed resin, but really there is only a layer of wax floating on the surface, little or nothing is mixed into the drum or pail. If you pour it out of a pail or similar container the first stuff that comes out is mostly wax, so after that there's little left in the container. If you take it from a drum, it's normally from a spiggot at the lowest point when the drum is laid down, so now if the wax is floating on the surface you won't get any until the drum is almost empty. Temperature fluctuations exacerbate the problem.
