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Epoxy: Wetting out with roller
By:Randy Ricchi
Date: 12/27/2004, 12:53 pm

The thread below prompted me to ask about wetting out with a roller rather than squeegee-ing.

I will be starting my first stripper this spring, and one of the things I've been thinking a lot about is how I will wet out the cloth.

On Jim Kozel's website he mentions using a roller to wet out his cloth. He did a pre-coat beforehand, also with a roller.

To my inexperienced mind, it seems like this would be a lot easier than pouring on the epoxy and then trying to spread it all around evenly without disturbing and/or floating the glass, or getting runs or sagging.

Yet, it seems as though most people use the squeegee method.

As long as you do a pre-coat, is it fairly easy to get proper saturation of the glass (6 oz)with a roller?

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Epoxy: Wetting out with roller
Randy Ricchi -- 12/27/2004, 12:53 pm
Specialized Rollers
vk1nf -- 12/28/2004, 9:38 pm
Re: Epoxy: Wetting out with roller *LINK*
Rob Macks -- 12/28/2004, 11:14 am
Re: Epoxy: Wetting out with roller
Randy Ricchi -- 12/28/2004, 1:51 pm
Re: Epoxy: Wetting out with roller
PatrickC -- 12/28/2004, 10:22 am
Re: Epoxy: Wetting out with roller
Chip Sandresky -- 12/27/2004, 10:00 pm
Re: Epoxy: Wetting out with roller
Robert N Pruden -- 12/28/2004, 12:48 am
Re: Epoxy: Wetting out with roller
Rod Tait, Orca Boats -- 12/27/2004, 2:04 pm
Squeegee vs. rollers
Robert N Pruden -- 12/28/2004, 12:41 am
Re: Epoxy: Wetting out with roller
Thomas Duncan -- 12/27/2004, 6:07 pm