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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Tips from an incomplete idiot
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 10/27/2011, 12:44 pm
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: Tips from an incomplete idiot (Bob Beaullieu)

: We all screw up from time to time.....

: Now for my confession... Last Saturday afternoon, I put the first
: epoxy fill coat on the outside hull/deck seam tape on the Spring
: Run I'm building. I'm working from a 1 gal jug of MAS resin and
: a 1 gal jug of MAS hardner. I noticed that my resin jug was just
: about empty and I happened to have a qt of resin on my
: workbench. So that I wouldn't pump air for the next fill coat, I
: opened up the qt resin and poured it in the gal jug of resin.
: When about 3/4 of the qt container had poured into my gal jug of
: resin, I noticed that the color of the label on the qt container
: was different than the color on the gal jug.

: Yep, I poured a qt of hardner into my gal jug of resin. Now, I know
: better but being in a hurry, I cost myself at least $50 in epoxy
: and lost a week while I wait for new resin and hardner to
: arrive.... I really felt like the "idjit" I poured the
: mess into a large plastic bowl and let it harden. It will sit
: prominently on my workbench as a reminder.....

: Bob Beaullieu

You're very lucky it didn't catch on fire.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: Tips from an incomplete idiot *PIC*
Kirk Fredericks -- 10/26/2011, 9:47 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Tips from an incomplete idiot
Kevin McAtee -- 10/27/2011, 3:14 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Tips from an incomplete idiot
Bill Hamm -- 10/27/2011, 3:42 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Tips from an incomplete idiot
Kirk Fredericks -- 10/27/2011, 5:21 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Tips from an incomplete idiot
Bill Hamm -- 10/30/2011, 2:58 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Tips from an incomplete idiot
Craig Robinson -- 10/27/2011, 4:38 am
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Bill Mayberry -- 10/27/2011, 8:35 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Scarf joint ratio
Kirk Fredericks - Farback Carpentry and Automation -- 10/27/2011, 11:41 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Scarf joint ratio
ancient kayaker -- 10/27/2011, 4:16 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Scarf joint ratio
Bill Hamm -- 10/27/2011, 4:38 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Tips from an incomplete idiot
Mike Bielski -- 10/27/2011, 9:44 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Tips from an incomplete idiot
Bob Beaullieu -- 10/27/2011, 12:17 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Tips from an incomplete idiot
Bill Hamm -- 10/27/2011, 12:44 pm