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Re: In the dark
By:Jim
Date: 4/10/2001, 3:57 pm
In Response To: Re: In the dark (Rob Macks)

: If they're on the bottom of the hull, I'd say forget them.

: If they are in a highly visible spot then you can try just sanding them.
: However it's likely you'll have a darker "ring" when you
: re-saturate the wood at the edge of the old epoxy. This won't be as
: visible as the glue spots. I'd try this first and see if you can live with
: it. If you still don't like the look of the darker rings you can sand the
: whole surface back to bare wood and start over. This is not that big a
: deal now, better than if you had glassed certainly.

: In an hour you could be back to bare wood by sanding. You can waste a lot
: more time thinking and agonizing about it than it takes just to do it.

: I once have a deck with milky foam trapped in blotches all over. After three
: days of hair pulling, I finally just sanded the whole thing back to bare
: wood in about and hour and a half, and did it over. I never regretted
: re-doing it.

: All the best,

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

Thanks. You're right, I am agonizing over an hour sanding. Makes more sense
to just get on with it since I will see any patching I do. I needed to hear some body with your experience say there's no short cut.

Appreciate your comments and participation on this board.

Rgds

Messages In This Thread

In the dark
Jim -- 4/10/2001, 2:53 pm
Re: In the dark
addison -- 4/10/2001, 4:34 pm
Re: In the dark
Rob Macks -- 4/10/2001, 3:45 pm
Re: In the dark
Jim -- 4/10/2001, 3:57 pm
Re: In the dark
Ben Staley -- 4/10/2001, 3:21 pm
Re: In the dark
Jim -- 4/10/2001, 3:47 pm