Boat Building Forum

Find advice on all aspects of building your own kayak, canoe or any lightweight boats

Re: Strip: Heat that workshop
By:etienne Muller
Date: 10/21/2009, 9:04 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: Heat that workshop *Pic* (etienne Muller)

: It definitely helps if you can get your workspace heated up as much as
: possible. The warmer the, space the better the result you will obtain.

: Additionally, if your cloth is on a roll you may find that it will be cold
: when you pull it off the roll even, if the room has been warmed up for a
: while. You don't want this, as your epoxy will immediately cool on contact
: with it.

: You need to heat the room overnight ideally, as the boat will take longer to
: warm up than the air around it.

: Get the first coat on when the heat is at maximum and then switch the heaters
: off an leave. The first coat should be hardening in a dropping temperature
: to avoid the dreaded phenomena of outgassing.

: It the picture you can see that I use a plastic tent to contain the heat from
: some electric heaters. I tend to have free time in winter and I always
: curse the low temperatures I am able to generate, even with the plastic
: tent.

: Et

One additional thought.

I actually prefer quite a cold workshop when I am not epoxying, so I don't overheat myself.

Don't keep large drums of epoxy in a cold workshop. Keep them in the house in a warmish spot.

Et

Messages In This Thread

Strip: You can never be too thin..... or can you?
george jung -- 10/20/2009, 11:25 pm
Re: Strip: You can never be too thin..... or can y
Charlie -- 10/21/2009, 7:14 pm
Re: Strip: Heat that workshop *Pic*
etienne Muller -- 10/21/2009, 8:59 am
Re: Strip: Heat that workshop
Tom Yost -- 10/23/2009, 1:53 pm
Re: Strip: Heat that workshop
Mike Savage -- 10/24/2009, 8:17 am
Re: Strip: Heat that workshop
Etienne Muller -- 10/28/2009, 12:29 pm
Re: Strip: Heat that workshop *Pic*
Tom Yost -- 10/29/2009, 10:13 am
Re: Strip: Heat that workshop
Mike Savage -- 10/28/2009, 2:38 pm
Re: Strip: Heat that workshop
george jung -- 10/28/2009, 11:19 pm
Re: Strip: Heat that workshop *Pic*
Tom Yost -- 10/24/2009, 11:43 am
Re: Strip: Heat that workshop
Mike Savage -- 10/24/2009, 4:19 pm
Re: Strip: Heat that workshop *Pic*
Tom Yost -- 10/24/2009, 7:43 pm
Re: Strip: Heat that workshop
george jung -- 10/24/2009, 10:57 pm
Re: Strip: Heat that workshop
Bill Hamm -- 10/23/2009, 5:32 pm
Re: Strip: Heat that workshop
george jung -- 10/23/2009, 11:10 pm
Re: Strip: Heat that workshop
etienne Muller -- 10/21/2009, 9:04 am
Re: Strip: Heat that workshop
Bill Hamm -- 10/22/2009, 12:54 am
Re: Strip: Heat that workshop
george jung -- 10/22/2009, 1:57 pm
Re: Strip: Heat that workshop
Bill Hamm -- 10/22/2009, 4:49 pm
Re: Strip: Heat that workshop
Robert N Pruden -- 10/21/2009, 9:58 am
Re: Strip: You can never be too thin..... or can y
Bill Hamm -- 10/21/2009, 12:14 am
Re: Strip: You can never be too thin..... or can y
george jung -- 10/21/2009, 7:11 pm
Re: Strip: You can never be too thin..... or can y
Bill Hamm -- 10/22/2009, 12:53 am