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Re: Strip: What do I do now - Fiberglassing Questi
By:John F Monroe
Date: 5/1/2009, 4:55 am

: I am in the middle of glassing my second hull today. I went on several sites
: that mention using a scraper on setup epoxy to smooth the edges of the
: football area and remove drips, etc,etc after the second layer of resin.

: In doing so I have created a bit of a problem. Most areas when wetted out
: with a 3rd layer of resin have returned to their glorious clear state.
: However a couple of sections have white spots that have stayed whitish.
: They appear to be in the cloth weave pattern of the lower- mostly- layer
: of cloth.

: What did I do wrong?

: What can I do to fix it?

: Most importantly; What do I do so as to not create this situation again!

It's been awhile but I had simular problems and I think there were two causes in my case. While sanding and scraping if the epoxy was too soft I felt it would smear and cause a white blemish that wouldn't clear out when over coated with epoxy. Also, when sanding dryer epoxy if a small bubble was sanded through and filled with white dust it sometimes wouldn't clear when wet. To find the ones that stayed white I would wet with water and then pick out the white stuff and then fill with epoxy.

John

Messages In This Thread

Strip: What do I do now - Fiberglassing Question *LINK*
Don T -- 4/30/2009, 11:16 pm
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Jay Babina -- 5/1/2009, 12:44 pm
Re: Fiberglassing
Claudia -- 5/17/2009, 1:50 pm
Re: Fiberglassing
Paul G. Jacobson -- 5/17/2009, 2:53 pm
Re: Strip: What do I do now - Fiberglassing Questi
John F Monroe -- 5/1/2009, 4:55 am
Re: Strip: What do I do now - Fiberglassing Questi *LINK* *Pic*
Don T -- 5/1/2009, 7:50 am
Re: Strip: What do I do now - Fiberglassing Questi
Steve Rasmussen -- 5/1/2009, 9:28 am
Re: Strip: What do I do now - Fiberglassing Questi
wwfloyd -- 5/1/2009, 8:03 am