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Re: heating a KAYAK
By:Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks
Date: 12/2/2011, 9:18 am
In Response To: heating a KAYAK (Jay Babina )

: Heating a work space is one thing and heating a boat for epoxy to
: harden is another.

Note that you do not want to apply epoxy to unsealed wood and then heat it up. This can cause severe outgassing and nasty bubbles.

If you heat the work space before starting work and then turn down the heat and control the temperature around the boat at a slightly lower temp with a tent you will probably be fine.

If you apply seal coats to the wood before your glass wet out coat you may be able to control the outgassing, but heat applied to still liquid epoxy is risky. Once the epoxy has set up to the green stage, go ahead and add heat to fully cure, but be very careful increasing temperatures before that.

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Strip: heating a garage
eric Platou -- 12/1/2011, 10:06 am
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Clayton Plunkett -- 12/1/2011, 11:50 am
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Etienne Muller -- 12/1/2011, 11:55 am
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Clayton Plunkett -- 12/1/2011, 11:58 am
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Etienne Muller -- 12/1/2011, 12:02 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/4/2011, 2:25 am
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John Messinger -- 12/1/2011, 12:20 pm
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John Messinger -- 12/1/2011, 12:29 pm
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eric Platou -- 12/1/2011, 1:15 pm
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Michael Lynskey -- 12/1/2011, 5:00 pm
heating a KAYAK
Jay Babina -- 12/2/2011, 9:02 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 12/2/2011, 9:18 am
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 12/2/2011, 10:43 am
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 12/2/2011, 11:37 am
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Bill Hamm -- 12/4/2011, 2:30 am
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ancient kayaker -- 12/5/2011, 7:16 pm
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Yostwerks -- 12/6/2011, 9:13 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 12/6/2011, 9:23 am
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Yostwerks -- 12/6/2011, 9:28 am
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Etienne Muller -- 12/6/2011, 9:26 am
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Yostwerks -- 12/6/2011, 9:42 am
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Bill Hamm -- 12/7/2011, 4:16 am
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Kevin McAtee -- 12/9/2011, 1:46 am
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 12/9/2011, 1:59 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/7/2011, 4:15 am
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daan daniels -- 12/18/2011, 12:01 pm
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Douglas Lee -- 12/20/2011, 4:27 pm
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Kevin McAtee -- 12/20/2011, 6:21 pm