Cleaning Epoxy Before the Bulkheads

You may think that there is still a lot of time till this boat is introduced to water- but you couldn’t be more wrong.
Actually, every single piece of her had been taken to water several times :)
You may call me obsessive- and you might be right! But due to some unpleasant and unfortunate experiences in the past, I tend to be a bit paranoid when it comes to this sticky and waxy feeling of amine blush. In theory, it forms in specific conditions in terms of humidity and temperature- the problem is that in my workshop humidity changes from 80 percent to 40 and back, and temperature from 10 to 30 and back. So I treat absolutely every epoxy covered surface as suspicious until proven otherwise. And that only happens after proper cleaning.
You may say “there’s nothing obsessive about it! That’s standard” Well, the thing is, I have washed these pieces already twice. But I usually do three times, just to be sure :) btw, when you see me cleaning parts with denatured alcohol, it is long after cleaning from amino blush and only to clean from any traces of grease or dirt. The amino blush is fortunately water soluble, so just warm water with a bit of detergent is enough to remove it:)
As you can see, today is the time for small things. Cleaning everything once more, later probably fitting wooden bits to bulkheads, preparing hulls to actually fit the bulkheads (essentially more cleaning. And a side of sanding) and similar stuff. Everything so tomorrow I can do the big thing - fitting the bulkheads :)
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