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Update: successful test!
By:Malcolm Schweizer
Date: 10/8/2012, 7:22 pm
In Response To: Epoxy: Glassing over automotive pinstripes (Malcolm Schweizer)

I bought some of the automotive pinstripes and applied them to a test strip. Seems I remember you can lightly sand these with 600 grit, but I only had 800. I sanded half of the test strip and left the other half as is. I layed one layer of 3.25 oz cloth with some old west 207- the older yellow kind.

It worked perfect. The glass stuck to the sanded and unsanded portions. I will sand just to be safe. It looks great under the glass. Very professional look and the gold stripes I chose look great on the douglas fir.

I do plan to use a precoat of epoxy to fill the grain. These pinstripes are so thin that they conform to the tiniest bit of woodgrain. I think a precoat will make application go better.

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Epoxy: Glassing over automotive pinstripes
Malcolm Schweizer -- 10/8/2012, 11:50 am
Re: Epoxy: Glassing over automotive pinstripes
Malcolm Schweizer -- 10/8/2012, 11:53 am
Re: Epoxy: Glassing over automotive pinstripes *PIC*
dave g -- 10/8/2012, 1:11 pm
Update: successful test!
Malcolm Schweizer -- 10/8/2012, 7:22 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 10/8/2012, 8:14 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 10/8/2012, 10:03 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 10/9/2012, 4:40 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 10/9/2012, 10:57 pm
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Brian Nystrom -- 10/10/2012, 12:44 pm
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wysedav -- 10/10/2012, 6:00 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/11/2012, 1:18 am
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wysedav -- 10/11/2012, 7:52 am
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Robert l -- 10/11/2012, 11:04 am
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 10/11/2012, 12:16 pm