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Re: Strip: Final fill coat (fixes)?
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 9/9/2012, 1:42 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: Final fill coat (fixes)? (Jason Moore)

: As always thanks for the advice.

: I went ahead and used the use the foam roller to apply the most
: resent coat. It lays down a lot (I mean a lot) more epoxy than
: the squeegee method. it was about 2 to 4 times more epoxy than
: with the squeegee, Also most of it stays on the boat instead of
: half of it ending up in your scum bucket or on the floor. I will
: half to sand it and fill all of the bubbles left by the roller.
: After dragging a foam bush over it off and holding a space
: heater on it (that it all I had) it looks like a zit riddled 14
: year old one to two bubbles per 4 in^2.

Ok, roller method, it's not like painting a wall, it's more like pushing the epoxy around with the roller. A back and forth rolling motion (like painting a wall) will give you tons of bubbles, generally you want the roller only going in one direction, if it's missing spots, it's too dry and needs more epoxy added.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Final fill coat (fixes)? *PIC*
Jason Moore -- 9/6/2012, 1:01 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/6/2012, 1:49 am
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Mike Bielski -- 9/6/2012, 9:23 am
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Rod Tait (Orca Boats) -- 9/6/2012, 10:18 am
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Kevin Greer -- 9/6/2012, 11:17 am
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John Abercrombie -- 9/6/2012, 11:40 am
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dave g -- 9/6/2012, 8:11 pm
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Robert l -- 9/6/2012, 9:43 pm
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Jason Moore -- 9/7/2012, 2:20 am
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danperry -- 9/7/2012, 10:15 am
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Jason Moore -- 9/8/2012, 2:50 am
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Etienne Muller -- 9/8/2012, 3:18 am
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Jason Moore -- 9/8/2012, 3:34 am
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Rod Tait (Orca Boats) -- 9/8/2012, 10:11 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/9/2012, 1:44 am
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Rod Tait (Orca Boats) -- 9/7/2012, 10:55 am
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dave g -- 9/7/2012, 11:13 pm
Re: Strip: Final fill coat (fixes)?
Bill Hamm -- 9/9/2012, 1:42 am