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Re: Epoxy: Fiberglassing my kayak
By:Mark Rakestraw
Date: 11/28/2012, 3:46 pm
In Response To: Epoxy: Fiberglassing my kayak (Jack Hawkins)

Hi Jack, If you're able have a small exhaust fan in your shop window you should be fine. Close up (but don't completely seal) the shop space and turn on the exhaust fan. As the air exhausts from the shop the negative pressure will pull air from the rest of the house, effectively blocking fumes from the making their way from the shop to the living space. Use a small enough fan you can leave it on a day or so while the strongest odors are present. It should be completely undetectable in the rest of the house.
Mark

: Hi:
: I am in the process of building a Night Heron in my basement
: workshop. My first thought was to take the finished hull &
: deck to my buddies shop 40 miles away. Big project and a lot of
: shop modification the get the boat in. I'm wondering if any of
: you fiberglassed your kayak in you basement, and if you are
: married, did you survive your wife's wrath?? My concern is fumes
: etc. I can close up the shop and there is a window which I can
: vent out.
: Thanks,

: Jack

Messages In This Thread

Epoxy: Fiberglassing my kayak
Jack Hawkins -- 11/28/2012, 3:13 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 11/28/2012, 3:25 pm
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Jeff Horton -- 11/28/2012, 3:43 pm
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Mark Rakestraw -- 11/28/2012, 3:46 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/29/2012, 12:57 am
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Al Edie -- 12/2/2012, 11:35 am
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Bill Hamm -- 12/3/2012, 12:27 am
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Al Edie -- 12/3/2012, 8:49 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 12/3/2012, 10:21 pm
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Al Edie -- 12/4/2012, 12:15 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 12/3/2012, 11:08 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/4/2012, 12:35 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 12/4/2012, 3:18 am
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Bill Hamm -- 12/5/2012, 2:13 am
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Bill Hamm -- 12/4/2012, 12:34 am
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Al Edie -- 12/4/2012, 12:11 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/5/2012, 2:10 am
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 11/28/2012, 7:32 pm
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Jack Hawkins -- 11/28/2012, 7:41 pm
Most excellent advice, Malcolm
Robert N Pruden -- 11/30/2012, 12:21 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 11/28/2012, 8:39 pm
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Chris -- 11/28/2012, 9:00 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/29/2012, 12:55 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 11/29/2012, 8:58 pm
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Jack Hawkins -- 12/1/2012, 12:48 pm