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Re: Graphite powder hull coat
By:Rehd
Date: 6/2/2000, 11:36 pm
In Response To: Re: Graphite powder hull coat (Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks)

: Graphite added to the resin makes a good, hard finish, although if you put on
: a pure epoxy coating of the same thickness it would probably protect the
: boat just about as well as with graphite added.

: The graphite will not significantly increase or decrease the drag. Just
: coating the bottom should provide the protection needed.

I tend to agree with this theory on the Graphite powder. " The weakest Link " would seem to be the epoxy and no matter how many little graphite specks you have floating around in it, the epoxy will still scuff or peel off, taking the little flecks with it, incased and totally untouched by the object of destruction. It would seem that in order to be of any significant value, the graphite would have to be bonded, as in a sheet or cloth. But, here I am tip-toeing in a field of which I am not familiar...............BOOM !!!!

Rehd

Messages In This Thread

Graphite powder hull coat
Brandon -- 6/1/2000, 2:34 am
Re: Graphite powder hull coat *Pic*
bob -- 6/4/2000, 12:19 am
Re: Graphite powder hull coat
bob -- 6/4/2000, 9:16 pm
Re: Graphite powder hull coat *Pic*
bob -- 6/4/2000, 12:26 am
Re: Abrasion resistant finish
lee -- 6/1/2000, 10:17 pm
Re: Abrasion resistant finish - Kevlar?
Don Lueder -- 6/2/2000, 3:31 pm
Re: Abrasion resistant finish - Kevlar?
lee -- 6/2/2000, 10:31 pm
Re: Abrasion resistant finish - Kevlar?
novak thompson -- 6/3/2000, 5:55 am
Re: Abrasion resistant finish - Kevlar?
lee -- 6/3/2000, 7:59 am
Re: ps.
lee -- 6/1/2000, 10:50 pm
Re: Graphite powder hull coat
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 6/1/2000, 9:26 am
Re: Graphite powder hull coat
Rehd -- 6/2/2000, 11:36 pm
Re: Boom!
lee -- 6/3/2000, 12:45 am
Re: Graphite powder hull coat
Randy Ames -- 6/1/2000, 10:03 am
Re: Graphite powder hull coat
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 6/2/2000, 9:33 am
Re: Graphite powder hull coat
lee -- 6/2/2000, 10:18 pm
Re: Graphite powder hull coat
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 6/3/2000, 9:40 am
Re: seriously?
lee -- 6/3/2000, 9:45 pm
Re: seriously?
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 6/5/2000, 9:00 am
Re: Graphite powder hull coat
mike allen ---> -- 6/1/2000, 2:45 pm
Or
mike allen ---> -- 6/1/2000, 2:58 pm
Re: Or
Tony -- 6/1/2000, 4:39 pm
Colour, Friction or Subversion?
mike allen ---> -- 6/1/2000, 4:59 pm
Re: Colour, Friction or Subversion?
Bram -- 6/2/2000, 10:28 am