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Re: Glassing questions
By:Kent LeBoutillier
Date: 10/4/1999, 2:40 pm
In Response To: Glassing questions (Kent LeBoutillier)

> I started glassing my Guillemot this weekend. The hull looks great so far
> so good. However, I had a little resin let over so I resin coated one side
> of the cheek plates on Friday. Sunday I sanded the cheek plates and wet
> wiped them down with a damp cloth. When I went to glass them, a few spots
> came out almost black, What went wrong? The only thing I can think of is,
> it's areas around the edge where I sanded through the resin to the wood
> and the wood was still damp from the wet wipe before glassing. It's no big
> deal, I'll hide that side where you won't see it or make new ones. I just
> don't want the same problem on the deck scheduled for glassing next
> weekend.

Lee, I tried to respond, but your message does not come up. Error messages. Hope you see this. I wiped the surface with a water dampened cloth to remove sanding dust and to avoid amine blush. Do you think the wood was still damp?

Messages In This Thread

Glassing questions
Kent LeBoutillier -- 10/4/1999, 6:13 am
Re: Glassing questions
Kent LeBoutillier -- 10/4/1999, 2:40 pm
Re: Glassing questions
lee -- 10/4/1999, 2:06 pm