Sounds like you have things worked out…more info for others reading this post:
I emphasize clean white pads or post it’s. If your get colored pads or especially white note pads with blue lines on it. The ink will bleed out and get mixed in with your clear epoxy. You will end up with a funky looking color instead of clear. I also leave my “stirring stick” on the pad. I can then check the pad and stick to see if everything is setting up properly. Much better than leaving a finger print on almost cured epoxy…You can’t tell me I’m the only one to do this?
I find pallets made from a milk jug…slice out a few of the flat portions…and after use and cureing…you can bend the pallet and the old epoxy peels right off…and you can reuse it many times…and there is nothing to bleed into the mix…much cheaper than wasteing the great trees this country thinks are solely for toilet paper …and postit notes…sorry…I’m going to H*ll for that one I souppose…lol
“I’ve often wondered why it is that so many anglers spend so much money on,and pay so much attention to.the details on the wrong end of the fly line.If they took as much care in selecting or tying their flies as they did in the selection of the reel and rod,They might be able to gain the real extra edge that makes it possible to fool a fish that has,in fact,seen it all before” A.K.Best