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Re: Sanding
By:Gordon Adams
Date: 7/26/1999, 8:16 pm
In Response To: Sanding (Tom Davies)

> I waited too long in between coats of epoxy. I sanded the hull and my
> question is this: I sanded and some areas have that cloudy sanded look and
> others right next to it do not. Is is neccessary to make the entire
> surface look cloudy from the sanding.Will steel wool put enough of a
> scratch in the epoxy for me to apply another coat? Thanks in advance for
> any advice. I have found this bulletin board to be extremely helpful.
> Thanks!

You can prabably scratch the surface enough with steel wool to get the next coat of epoxy to bond to the currently shiny spots -- but you don't want to. The fact that you have shiny spots means that the adjascent cloudy areas are still too high/deap. You want a strong light fiberglass boat, not a heavy brittle epoxy boat so sand until uniformly cloudy but not down to the glass itself.

Messages In This Thread

Sanding
Tom Davies -- 7/26/1999, 5:41 pm
Re: Sanding
Gordon Adams -- 7/26/1999, 8:16 pm
Re: Sanding - No on the Steel Wool
john rominski -- 8/1/1999, 9:42 am