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Re: first epoxy experiment
By:Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks
Date: 5/25/2001, 3:53 pm
In Response To: Re: first epoxy experiment (Rob Macks)

: If you try to add more resin to the spots that absorb more resin on the fill
: coat, you will end up with too much in some spots that will cause drips.

: I have a boat where I used a scraper to cut off the drips and now I can
: always see those drips as whitish areas. I've found if I tried to remove
: the drips with a scraper or by sanding a pale spot remains on the wood
: because cutting or sanding uncured resin is like cutting or sanding a
: GUMMY BEAR candy. Uncured resin doesn't cut cleanly, it SMEARS and will
: never be totally transparent. I always wait at least a couple days for the
: resin to harden before I sand or scrape it.

This is a good reason to keep the seal coat thin. If you can get the glass coat on while the resin is still green you can avoid sanding all together. If you don't sand the surface may be a little rough and tend to catch the glass a bit, but it is not a problem if you work with care. If you get drips you will want to wait several days so the resin can set up hard and permit sanding/scraping.

Messages In This Thread

first epoxy experiment
Chris Menard -- 5/25/2001, 9:16 am
Re: first epoxy experiment
Chris Menard -- 5/29/2001, 9:35 am
Re: first epoxy experiment
Rick Brannan -- 5/29/2001, 11:54 pm
Re: first epoxy experiment
Jim -- 5/29/2001, 3:07 pm
Re: first epoxy experiment
Chris Menard -- 5/30/2001, 7:14 am
Re: first epoxy experiment
Byron -- 5/25/2001, 11:34 am
Re: first epoxy experiment
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 5/25/2001, 10:16 am
Re: first epoxy experiment
Rob Macks -- 5/25/2001, 10:56 am
Re: first epoxy experiment
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 5/25/2001, 3:53 pm
What happened
Jim -- 5/25/2001, 4:42 pm
Re: What happened
John Monfoe -- 5/26/2001, 5:42 am