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Re: Epoxy: Epoxy rollers
By:Dan Caouette (CSFW)
Date: 11/4/2010, 3:20 pm
In Response To: Re: Epoxy: Epoxy rollers (Mike Bielski)

: Personally- I'd stick to rollers intended to be used with epoxy.
: I've tried other types of foam rollers and they fall apart in
: very short order. It's not a big deal if they do if you're doing
: the inside of the kayak, but you probably don't want pieces of
: yellow foam entombed in your epoxy fill coats. My local paint
: store sells them, you don't necessarily have to buy them from an
: epoxy manufacturer.

Yes. For either foam or mohair, make sure the roller is compatible with epoxy. I happen to like the ones made by Arroworthy and Redtree. The Wooster ones at Lowe's aren't bad. Those have a 1/4" nap. They all cost less than $4.00. Handy to know if you run out of your special West ones...

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Epoxy: Epoxy rollers *PIC*
Palle Dam -- 11/4/2010, 11:43 am
Re: Epoxy: Epoxy rollers
Palle Dam -- 11/8/2010, 9:39 pm
Mohair covers
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 11/9/2010, 9:32 am
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Bill Hamm -- 11/9/2010, 8:57 am
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Jim Ham -- 11/9/2010, 8:56 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/9/2010, 9:38 pm
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Ian Johnson -- 11/10/2010, 1:17 am
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Bill Hamm -- 11/6/2010, 9:23 am
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Jim Ham -- 11/4/2010, 11:39 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 11/4/2010, 4:36 pm
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vk1nf -- 11/4/2010, 3:21 pm
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Pedro Almeida -- 11/6/2010, 4:06 am
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Bill Hamm -- 11/7/2010, 12:37 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 11/4/2010, 2:27 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 11/4/2010, 3:11 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 11/4/2010, 3:20 pm
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Rod Tait -- 11/4/2010, 12:56 pm