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Re: Strip: Fill Coat
By:Jay Babina
Date: 4/13/2009, 10:40 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: Fill Coat (Dave Hawkins)

I use RAKA Blush Free and If I do epoxy work many days after an initial coat is hard, I usually wet sand the area. If you can pull your finger across the surface and see a trail, then you have blush. I know "Blush Free" supposedly means that but with the way technical literature and specs are written, I still would be on the safe side. You just don't want to do a fill coat and 2 hours later find that you have some bubbling or puckered spots. Believe me, I learned that from experience. If you wait until the epoxy is hard and fully cured, you no longer have the chemical bond.

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Strip: Fill Coat
Dave Hawkins -- 4/12/2009, 4:23 pm
Strip: Fill Coat
Jay Babina -- 4/13/2009, 8:38 am
Re: Strip: Fill Coat
Dave Hawkins -- 4/13/2009, 10:09 am
Re: Strip: Fill Coat
Jay Babina -- 4/13/2009, 10:40 am
Re: Strip: Fill Coat
Dave Hawkins -- 4/13/2009, 2:31 pm
Strip: Fill Coat
Jay Babina -- 4/14/2009, 9:48 am
Re: Strip: Fill Coat
David Hawkins -- 4/14/2009, 10:35 am
Re: Strip: Fill Coat
Bill Hamm -- 4/13/2009, 12:33 am