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working with epoxys in cramped quarters
By:Gerald Girard
Date: 10/24/1999, 2:05 am

I am about to start work on my first boat, a CLC-LT17, in my living room. Unfortunatly my living room is only 14 feet long, so I have laid out particle board, to cover the carpet, into my kitchen/dining area. I've resolved myself to the fact that I will be living in camper size accommodations but that doesn't bother me, not yet anyway. I plan to erect a temporary wall, with a door, that I can seal to the wall and ceiling using that spray foam sealer- you get in a can- to keep all the odors and dust of the epoxys from spreading to the rest of the small house I am renting (I suppose I should inform the landlords!)By using plastic strips on the ceiling and walls, I will not damage anything (I hope.) Anyway, I've got two fans that I plan to set up by the livingroom window: the lower one blowing clean air in and the upper fan, set on a plywood stand, blowing the contaminated air(fumes) outside. I think this will work. Is there anyone out there who has tried this and lived to tell about it? (not the informing the landlord part, but will I be successful in keeping the eau-de-kayak contained to my labratory, and will I be able to breathe?)I know this sounds insane but some times you-just-do-what-you-got-to-do-with-what-you-got.

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working with epoxys in cramped quarters
Gerald Girard -- 10/24/1999, 2:05 am
Re: working with epoxys in cramped quarters
lee -- 10/25/1999, 11:26 pm
Depends on what it's made up of.
Ed Valley -- 10/25/1999, 2:51 pm
Re: working with epoxys in cramped quarters
Ross Leidy -- 10/25/1999, 10:57 am