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Strip: Drips of epoxy on surface
By:Jay
Date: 12/18/2014, 7:25 am

As I think I'm nearing the end of my Guillimot construction, I'm interested on advice about avoiding drips in the final finishing process. I tried to layer on the epoxy meticulously, with a plastic spatula spreader and tried foam brushes as well, and as flat as it looked when I was done, the next day it became evident that there were numerous drips or at least ridges. I was able to leel most of these with a carbide scraper and then my orbital saner, but found that even with 120 grit paper I ends up exposing some of the weave of the cloth and had to apply another skim coat to cover that. It too now has drips. I am about to sand again and then varnish, but feel I'm in an infinite cycle of drips. Any advice welcome.

By the way I have experience finishing fine furniture and was going to rub out the final coat of varnish with steel wool or possibly sand with 400 then 600 and rub out with pumice, as you might on a dining room table, to create a hand rubbed gloss. Is this normally necessary or do you just brush on the varnish and leave it? THanks,

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Strip: Drips of epoxy on surface
Jay -- 12/18/2014, 7:25 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 12/18/2014, 8:43 am
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 12/18/2014, 9:29 am
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Jay Stallman -- 12/18/2014, 1:12 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 12/18/2014, 2:02 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/18/2014, 2:27 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/18/2014, 9:34 am
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Mike Bielski -- 12/18/2014, 10:22 am
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Jay Stallman -- 12/18/2014, 1:08 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 12/18/2014, 2:44 pm
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Les Cheeseman -- 12/18/2014, 3:41 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 12/18/2014, 4:26 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/19/2014, 8:28 am
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rich -- 12/18/2014, 2:21 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/18/2014, 2:37 pm
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wanderfalk -- 12/25/2014, 1:53 am
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Etienne Muller -- 12/18/2014, 6:32 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 12/19/2014, 12:51 am
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Jay -- 1/4/2015, 6:48 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 1/4/2015, 7:39 pm
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Jay Stallman -- 1/4/2015, 8:44 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 1/4/2015, 8:50 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/5/2015, 12:10 am
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Jay Stallman -- 1/5/2015, 8:23 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 1/5/2015, 7:45 pm
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Jay Stallman -- 1/5/2015, 10:08 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 1/5/2015, 10:23 pm
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Jay -- 1/5/2015, 10:34 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/6/2015, 12:32 am
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Etienne Muller -- 1/6/2015, 4:40 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 1/4/2015, 9:52 pm