Pete --

You ROCK! I've got a straight-edged scraper that I never even thought about using, I'll give that a shot when I'm home for lunch today. I'll run by the hardware store to see if they have anything that'll suffice for a goose-necked scraper to deal with smoothing out the bead.

The duct tape is definately a good idea. If/when I need to run another fillet, I'll definately use that strategy. Live & learn, I guess. I'll need to make a note of that to remember for next time.

Thanks again. I really appreciate it!

Rick Brannan
rick@supakoo.com

: A gooseneck cabinet scraper (the bottom of the 3 in the pic) should work for
: this, either store-bought or built out of a hacksaw blade or other steel
: remnant. An ordinary paint scraper will clean up the edges OK, but won't
: do a very good job on the bead itself. The beauty of the scraper is that
: you can use it while the epoxy is still green and easy to cut. If you try
: to sand it at that stage of cure, it just makes a mess and gums up the
: paper.

: Next time, lay down duct tape 1/4" away from the joint on both the
: horizontal and vertical, tool the putty so it feathers at the edge of the
: tape, and pull the tape either right away or when the epoxy starts to gel.