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Re: Epoxy: Build with epoxy floor paint?
By:Malcolm Schweizer
Date: 3/11/2012, 5:15 am
In Response To: Epoxy: Build with epoxy floor paint? (yellowbelly)

I think the failure speaks for itself. Although he did say there was a poor cure in that area, I would more suspect the strength of the epoxy. Epoxy paint is not epoxy resin. As others have said, there are not the same amounts of solids. It is designed to lay on as a smooth, self-leveling top coat. It is thinner and cures more elastic than resin epoxies.

That said, it would probably be great for a skin on frame where the paint is mainly for waterproofing.

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Epoxy: Build with epoxy floor paint?
yellowbelly -- 3/10/2012, 8:38 am
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John Abercrombie -- 3/10/2012, 1:29 pm
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John Abercrombie -- 3/10/2012, 2:03 pm
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dave g -- 3/10/2012, 11:00 pm
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John Abercrombie -- 3/11/2012, 1:49 am
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Etienne Muller -- 3/11/2012, 4:48 am
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Bob Johns -- 3/11/2012, 6:54 am
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 3/11/2012, 5:15 am
Does this guy...
Brian Nystrom -- 3/11/2012, 11:02 am
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 3/11/2012, 11:36 am
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yellowbelly -- 3/11/2012, 1:22 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/12/2012, 3:11 am
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yellowbelly -- 3/12/2012, 9:10 am
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Charles Robinson -- 3/12/2012, 12:36 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/13/2012, 1:12 am
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yellowbelly -- 3/13/2012, 6:54 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/13/2012, 1:14 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 3/12/2012, 8:01 pm
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yellowbelly -- 3/13/2012, 6:39 pm