In the first part of this paper, a method for studying the curing of 100‐μm‐thick epoxy‐based layers on steel substrates was described. In this second part, we extend our study to radiative (infrared) heating conditions. A simple waterborne epoxy reactive system based on a diglycidylether of bisphenol‐A prepolymer and a polyether triamine was used. The chemical kinetics during infrared heating were studied with the reaction kinetics recorded during convective heating. A second order autocatalytic model described the data. The curing mode had no significant influence on the heating kinetics but the heating rate had a significant influence on the curing kinetics. Higher heating rates can be achieved by infrared heating conditions compared with convective heating. The gelation phenomenon was changed for infrared conditions. Microdielectrometry can be used to record in situ the extent of reaction of the epoxy reactive system for thin layers during radiant heating.