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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Kayak building in China
By:Charlie
Date: 12/16/2007, 12:51 pm
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: Kayak building in China (Rod Tait (Orca Boats))

: Be sure that it is compatible with epoxy. My guess is that it is likely
: packaged for auto use and bondo or polyester type fillers.

I'll second that.
All fabrics intended for encapsulation in a resin are treated with a sizing to make them compatible to one particular resin. That's one of the reasons why buying wads of cheap glass cloth off eBay is a crap shoot.

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Skin-on-Frame: Kayak building in China
John Monroe -- 12/16/2007, 4:06 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Kayak building in China
PatrickC -- 12/18/2007, 9:00 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Kayak building in China
Rod Tait (Orca Boats) -- 12/16/2007, 11:24 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Kayak building in China
Charlie -- 12/16/2007, 12:51 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Kayak building in China
John Monroe -- 12/18/2007, 5:36 am
Low cost fiberglass cloth *LINK*
Glen Smith -- 12/18/2007, 9:32 pm
Thanks for the link. It was new to me. *NM*
John Monroe -- 12/19/2007, 2:26 am