: Doug, i'm not familiar with clearcoat...is it epoxy? how is it different from
: their regular expoxy, and what is its intended use?
: thnaks. #################### Yep it's epoxy... non-blushing, decent set time yadda yadda yadda. It's only draw back in my opinion is it's cost. I use it to do my initial wet out of the cloth and then I used to use reg. S3 to fill the weave... I'm using raka now. I can all but promise you that once you use this stuff you will never go back to ANYTHING else... I can't figure out how people use regular full viscosity epoxies to wet out their cloth!!! As I've spouted off before.. I use a VERY thin sealer coat to seal the wood... mine IS NOT glossy when finished nor are there ANY runs or sags.... VERY VERY THIN is the key word here. I then lay my cloth and paint on the clear coat epoxy. I squeegee this as it starts to thicken to ensure a tight wood/glass bond. I have yet to have a canoe glass job turn out funky using this technique. The final finish of the glass once the clear coat sets is VERY coarse (6OZ cloth) I then go ahead and carefully squeegee on my fill coats avoiding runs and sags like the plague, spend 15 minutes sanding once the final fill weave has cured and I'm ready for varnish. Note: THIS IS MY TECHNIQUE, it's what works for me. If you don't think it would work for you or you don't like my method that's fine, I use what works for me. :-) Doug