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Re: Material: Question for y'all...
By:Robert N Pruden
Date: 10/8/2011, 11:38 am
In Response To: Re: Material: Question for y'all... (Bill Hamm)

: Btw, if you're using paint, it'll be on top of the resin, not under
: it.
Yep, I know Bill. Seems to me that Roy might be onto something though. I will try to embed the metal flake he suggested in a test patch of epoxy to see if opacity is a problem. I want the flake to appear translucent and the blue/yellow colors to show through clearly. If it doesn't work, then I will work with a clear coat mixture on TOP of a layer of epoxy. I want the colors to show brilliantly for the wedding pictures. I have imagined the pics of me in my tux sitting in the kayak with the brilliance of vari-hued reds, oranges, yellows and blues on the deck. I still have 4 months to bring this idea to reality. Sadly, the real maple leaves I onlayed under the fiberglass two years ago are not looking very good...some have lifted in whole and others in part. I have already sanded 3 of them off the deck and Linda thinks I should sand off the rest. I am thinking of replacing them with paper versions because I still love the idea of trailing fall-colored maples leaves along the deck.

Robert N Pruden

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Robert N Pruden -- 10/7/2011, 4:35 pm
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Eric M. -- 10/7/2011, 5:06 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 10/7/2011, 5:25 pm
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StephenHJ -- 10/7/2011, 5:53 pm
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eric Ogata -- 10/7/2011, 5:07 pm
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Robin Boys -- 10/7/2011, 5:19 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 10/8/2011, 11:29 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/9/2011, 2:04 am
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Al Edie -- 10/9/2011, 2:24 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/10/2011, 1:49 am
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Dave Gentry -- 10/7/2011, 6:24 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 10/8/2011, 11:39 am
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Roy Martin -- 10/7/2011, 6:36 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 10/8/2011, 11:32 am
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Al Edie -- 10/8/2011, 1:31 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/8/2011, 1:42 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/8/2011, 1:45 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 10/8/2011, 11:38 am
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Roy Martin -- 10/8/2011, 1:47 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 10/8/2011, 1:53 pm
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Roy Martin -- 10/8/2011, 9:12 pm
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Roy Martin -- 10/8/2011, 9:15 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/9/2011, 2:08 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 10/11/2011, 11:21 am
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StephenHJ -- 10/11/2011, 12:00 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 10/11/2011, 12:25 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/12/2011, 2:17 am