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Re: My question / mystery
By:Robert N Pruden
Date: 11/5/2012, 5:29 pm
In Response To: Re: My question / mystery (Malcolm Schweizer)

: Ditto what Etienne said- that's a sweet looking hull. As for your
: issue, it definitely looks like resin starvation to me. The
: reason it didn't show up before may be that after the hull had
: some flex and stress put on it the fibers moved around (in a
: microscopic sense of the term) causing separation from the fiber
: and the resin, which makes the fibers show up. You can try
: sanding with very fine grit until you expose the fibers, and
: then recoat. Sometimes it works, sometimes it sort-of works, and
: sometimes it doesn't work so well. It all depends on how deep
: the resin starvation goes.

Take a blow dryer and heat a small area to check that the discoloration isn't from water penetration into the epoxy. If the discoloration persists, them maybe Et and Malcolm are right. I always use a squeegee for laying out glass and have not had this problem. That said, once I lay out the glass, I do my fill coats every 6-hrs until I am done. I remember other folks having this problem and it was just a humidity issue...a light heat gun application cured the problem. Hope this helps.

Robert N Pruden

Messages In This Thread

S&G: Bluefin complete *PIC*
Wayne one -- 11/4/2012, 6:53 pm
My take on Etienne's skeg *PIC*
Wayne one -- 11/4/2012, 6:55 pm
Re: S&G: Bluefin complete
Robert N Pruden -- 11/4/2012, 6:55 pm
My question / mystery *PIC*
Wayne one -- 11/4/2012, 6:57 pm
Re: My question / mystery
Don T. -- 11/4/2012, 9:51 pm
Re: My question / mystery *PIC*
Wayne one -- 11/4/2012, 10:25 pm
Re: My question / mystery
Bill Hamm -- 11/5/2012, 12:10 am
Re: My question / mystery *PIC*
Wayne one -- 11/5/2012, 6:51 am
Re: My question / mystery
Justin -- 11/5/2012, 12:13 pm
Re: My question / mystery
Bill Hamm -- 11/6/2012, 1:00 am
Re: My question / mystery
Bill Hamm -- 11/6/2012, 12:59 am
Re: My question / mystery
Etienne Muller -- 11/5/2012, 10:56 am
Re: My question / mystery
Malcolm Schweizer -- 11/5/2012, 4:19 pm
Re: My question / mystery
Robert N Pruden -- 11/5/2012, 5:29 pm
No mystery
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 11/6/2012, 8:57 am
Re: No mystery
Wayne one -- 11/6/2012, 12:52 pm
Re: No mystery
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 11/6/2012, 2:08 pm
Re: No mystery
Wayne one -- 11/6/2012, 3:57 pm
Re: No mystery
Robert N Pruden -- 11/6/2012, 5:07 pm
Re: My question / mystery
frankp -- 11/8/2012, 11:37 am
Thank you for comments and suggestions! NT
Wayne one -- 11/6/2012, 3:59 pm
Re: Thank you for comments and suggestions! NT
Robert N Pruden -- 11/6/2012, 5:13 pm