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Re: Epoxy: Refiberglassing my Petrel
By:John Michne
Date: 7/30/2011, 7:43 am
In Response To: Epoxy: Refiberglassing my Petrel *LINK* (Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks)

: I stripped all the fiberglass off my Petrel with a heat gun and
: re-fiberglassed it. I took some video of the process:
:
: http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/guillemot/blog/nick/refiberglassing_my_petrel

I stripped the glass off a canoe a few years ago using exactly the same method. I noticed a peculiar smell as I heated the glass, rather sweet and remeniscent of cyanide. It obviously wasn't, since I am writing this. I contacted MAS, and they had no explanation. I wonder if anyone else had a similar smell.

John

Messages In This Thread

Epoxy: Refiberglassing my Petrel *LINK*
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 7/29/2011, 8:16 am
Re: Epoxy: Refiberglassing my Petrel
Bob Johns -- 7/29/2011, 7:34 pm
Re: Epoxy: Refiberglassing my Petrel
Duane Strosaker -- 7/30/2011, 1:47 am
Re: Epoxy: Refiberglassing my Petrel
george jung -- 7/30/2011, 10:07 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 7/30/2011, 10:25 am
Re: Epoxy: Refiberglassing my Petrel
Duane Strosaker -- 7/30/2011, 12:11 pm
Re: Epoxy: Refiberglassing my Petrel
John Michne -- 7/30/2011, 7:43 am
Re: Epoxy: Refiberglassing my Petrel
Etiennemuller Muller Ireland -- 7/30/2011, 7:59 am
Re: Epoxy: Refiberglassing my Petrel
Rod Tait (Orca Boats) -- 7/30/2011, 10:39 am
Re: Epoxy: Refiberglassing my Petrel
Bill VerSteeg -- 7/30/2011, 3:33 pm
Re: Epoxy: Refiberglassing my Petrel
Jay Babina -- 8/2/2011, 6:57 am