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Re: Seal coat blemish
By:Dave Seales
Date: 4/10/2001, 10:46 am
In Response To: Re: Seal coat blemish (Rob Macks)

: Do all your work on the bare wood before applying the seal coat. The seal
: coat is just a drink of resin for the wood so it won't have to contend
: with the glass for resin. I don't try to make the coat even, since the
: wood will absorb unevenly. I roll it on and DON"T TOUCH IT! Wiping it
: with water will turn it white!

: When it's tack free lay out the glass and wet-out.

: All the best,

: Rob Macks
: Laughing Loon CC&K
: www.LaughingLoon.com

The blemish didn't come from the water on the epoxy. By the time I sanded it was pretty hard and not tacky at all. The white blemish came from sanding a hardened puddle of epoxy. I used a slightly damp rag to wipe the dust off from sanding before I put the glass on. I thought the blemish would go away when I put fresh epoxy on it but it didn't

I'm facing the same problem again. Its been more the 24 hours since I put the glass on and I guess I'll have to sand before I start fill coating. At what point does the chemical bond go away and mechanical bond needed?

Messages In This Thread

Seal coat blemish
Dave Seales -- 4/10/2001, 7:04 am
Re: Seal coat blemish
peter czerpak -- 4/10/2001, 9:41 am
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Geo. Cushing -- 4/10/2001, 10:36 am
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peter czerpak -- 4/11/2001, 8:52 am
Re: Seal coat blemish
Rob Macks -- 4/10/2001, 9:29 am
Re: Seal coat blemish
Dave Seales -- 4/10/2001, 10:46 am
Re: Seal coat blemish
Julie Kanarr -- 4/10/2001, 1:09 pm
Re: Seal coat blemish
Don Beale -- 4/10/2001, 1:18 pm
Re: Seal coat blemish
Julie Kanarr -- 4/10/2001, 6:48 pm
Re: Seal coat blemish
Ross Leidy -- 4/10/2001, 11:09 am