Evil smelling black goop

[Miriam C.]

YUCK.
Well I put my black goo on today. And Yes we have flood warnings. Seems all I need to do to get rain is paint something. Mike is threatening to forbid painting.

Evil Smelling black stuff $6.9something.
$1.00 squeegie from Dollar Tree---priceless.

I couldn't believe how easy this stuff went on. Like cleaning windows. Just had to be careful at the edges. Took less than 15 mins. Just pour in middle and move to sides. Now it has to cure.

Should I put more than 1 layer on?

Thanks for all the advice and help.
Miriam

[Jiminsav]

nah, one coat will do it, especially since you didn't slop it on with a brush, but spread it around with a squeegee..smart idea there..i like it.

[PaulC]

Hi Miriam, Great to see things are progressing. I put two coats of tar on mine with a brush. By using the squeegee, yours should be fine with one. Curing time varies because ambient temperature, coat thickness etc will affect it.
As for calling it "black goo", I've just had a day using polyurethane glue and that stuff does not wash off. Oh well, more work and it will probably wear off of my hands.

Cheers
Paul

[Miriam C.]

Yep. That is yucky too. Got gorrilla glue on me once. Mine only lasted a day cause I use so much handcream I think.

I put the rest of the gal on this afternoon. Had some thin spots. A little fast in the heat and I got it on my hand...

Zap professional wood restorer (or maybe any other harmful petroleum distilate ) took it right off. Had to use the dish soap to get the Zap off. Anyway this doesn't burn like some of the other things.

Thanks for the assist and encouragement.
Miriam

[tonyj]

If the glue hasn't dried, vinegar works well in cleaning up epoxy, and I think I even used it on gorilla glue with success. But if it has set up, crank up the sander. Who needs fingerprints anyway? For the goo, used turpentine and it wipes right off.

[Miriam C.]

Toni,
I will try the vinegar if I ever get epoxy on me again.
As for the turpentine, well it burns my skin. The Zap works just as well and leaves an oily film that comes off with soap and water. Lemon oil might work too.

Thanks for the vinegar
Miriam

[tonyj]

What I meant was use turpentine for surface clean up on linoleum and the like.

OrangeClean (from Auto Zone or other places) works well on most petroleum based nasties--some of the best hand cleaner I have ever found, and it smells nice, too. I've even used it on the leather seats in the truck and it works like a champ. I will sometimes use turpentine on my hands, but only in a pinch.

I keep a bottle of vinegar (apple cider) in the shop just for epoxy clean up. Just dampen a paper towel and wipe down hands or wood. I haven't ever noticed any finish problems caused by the residue, especially less than the problem of dried and sanded exoxy.

[asianflava]

I've had good luck using denatured alchol to clean up uncured epoxy.