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Re: Strip: New Spring Run build in progress - pics
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 11/29/2010, 1:37 am

: Wow Bob, nice lines. Dramatic but restrained I'd call it. Can't
: wait to see the deck.
: I'm sure it's easy to over bevel........that would be my tendency
: I'm sure. Other than a little extra epoxy inside, I doubt it
: will matter.

: BTW, I just put on a filler coat of epoxy. Heated the shop to
: nearly 80 with the wood stove so it's cookin'. I believe I need
: to get the cloth on when this is no longer tacky but not cured,
: right? Do you use a filler coat? If so, how long do you wait for
: the cloth coat? Is it true I can wait too long and then have to
: scuff it up?

: Thanks, Ian

Hi Ian,

Need to separate the comments and questions or no one other than the person your replying to will see the question, and me :)

The epoxy will stay "green" partially cured for a couple days at least, best bonds though are when it's hardened to the point that you can still dent it with your fingernail, hard but rubbery.

Once it's cured to the point it's hard, and you can't dent it anymore, yep you'll need to sand the surface and depending on the resin might have to wash/scrub the surface to remove blush (kinda a waxy film on the surface of most epoxies).

Bill H.

: :

: I started a second Spring Run back in the fall and have just

Messages In This Thread

Strip: New Spring Run build in progress - pics *PIC*
Bob Beaullieu -- 11/28/2010, 1:33 pm
Re: Strip: New Spring Run build in progress - pics
Ian Cummins -- 11/28/2010, 2:02 pm
Re: Strip: New Spring Run build in progress - pics
Bill Hamm -- 11/29/2010, 1:37 am