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Re: Strip: two part polyurethane question
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 6/24/2011, 7:58 am

: Nope, electric. I have done quite a few hours of sanding without a
: problem.

: I don't see any reason to expect unreasonable risk. I apply water
: to the kayak, not the sander, so the water is on the sanding
: base not the body of the sander. The body of the sander is
: plastic, and the electric circuit inside it is double insulated.
: None of the water gets anywhere near the upper inside part of
: the motor assembly where the armature, brushes, and switch
: contacts are. Also, I am not grounded, my feet are dry, in
: rubber sandals, and I am standing on a dry indoor concrete
: floor. And I am wearing nitrile gloves. I doubt that the
: likelihood of a problem is much different than doing similar
: work with sweaty hands but a dry sanding pad. But perhaps I am
: missing something, and have just been lucky...

: AE

I'll just say, you're much more brave than me :)

Whole bunch of years of having electrical safety drummed into my head means I never mix electricity and water. Work in engineering long enough and the safety rules take their toll .

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: two part polyurethane question
Al Edie -- 6/21/2011, 6:44 pm
Re: Strip: two part polyurethane question
Mike Bielski -- 6/22/2011, 10:22 am
Re: Strip: two part polyurethane question
Al Edie -- 6/22/2011, 10:50 am
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Mike Bielski -- 6/22/2011, 11:00 am
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Al Edie -- 6/22/2011, 6:53 pm
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Al Edie -- 6/22/2011, 7:13 pm
Re: Strip: two part polyurethane question
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 6/22/2011, 4:21 pm
Re: Strip: two part polyurethane question
Al Edie -- 6/22/2011, 7:09 pm
Re: Strip: two part polyurethane question
Bill Hamm -- 6/22/2011, 7:35 pm
Re: Strip: two part polyurethane question
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 6/23/2011, 9:26 am
Re: Strip: two part polyurethane question
Bill Hamm -- 6/23/2011, 9:53 am
Re: Strip: two part polyurethane question
Al Edie -- 6/23/2011, 10:57 am
Re: Strip: two part polyurethane question
Bill Hamm -- 6/24/2011, 7:58 am
Re: Strip: two part polyurethane question
Al Edie -- 6/24/2011, 1:09 pm
Re: Strip: two part polyurethane question
Bill Hamm -- 6/25/2011, 7:19 am
Re: Strip: two part polyurethane question
Al Edie -- 6/23/2011, 10:13 am
Re: Strip: two part polyurethane question
Bill VerSteeg -- 6/27/2011, 10:55 am
Re: Strip: two part polyurethane question
Bill Hamm -- 6/28/2011, 2:56 am
Re: Strip: two part polyurethane question
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 6/23/2011, 9:40 am
Re: Strip: two part polyurethane question
Al Edie -- 6/23/2011, 11:09 am
Re: Strip: two part polyurethane question
Bryan Kapteyn -- 6/23/2011, 11:44 am
Re: Strip: two part polyurethane question
Al Edie -- 6/23/2011, 4:13 pm
Re: Strip: two part polyurethane question
Bryan Kapteyn -- 6/23/2011, 4:37 pm
Re: Strip: two part polyurethane question
Al Edie -- 6/24/2011, 1:17 pm
Re: Strip: two part polyurethane question
Bill Hamm -- 6/25/2011, 7:24 am
Re: Strip: two part polyurethane question
Bill Hamm -- 6/24/2011, 8:02 am
Re: Strip: two part polyurethane question
Kevin McAtee -- 6/28/2011, 2:59 pm
Re: Strip: two part polyurethane question
Al Edie -- 6/22/2011, 7:19 pm
Re: Strip: two part polyurethane question
Mike Bielski -- 6/24/2011, 12:22 am
update, last coat
Al Edie -- 6/23/2011, 1:19 pm
Re: update, last coat
Dave Houser -- 6/23/2011, 3:18 pm
Re: update, last coat
Al Edie -- 6/23/2011, 4:19 pm
Re: update, last coat
Bill Hamm -- 6/24/2011, 8:05 am