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Use sqeegie to fill weave
By:Shawn B
Date: 6/13/2000, 12:00 pm
In Response To: Re: sqeegie fill coat question (Hank)

Hi Hank, I agree--a squeegee really does work well as it keeps the weave from "photographing" through the subsequent coats of epoxy.

: I like to squeegie the fill coats to skim the resin off of the high spots
: [the top of the weave] and flood the low spots. I tend to do two VERY thin
: top coats which are rolled and tipped with a brush.

: I get very few drips [even with the Raka resin] with this approach. A
: scrape-as-required is done between every coat.

: Final coat gets a quick pass with the ROS and then I wet sand - typically
: takes about an hour or so to sand the hull.

I'm not there yet, but thanks--I'll try the "Hank Process"! ;)

Shawn

Messages In This Thread

sqeegie fill coat question
peter czerpak -- 6/12/2000, 12:21 pm
Re: sqeegie fill coat question
lee -- 6/12/2000, 5:26 pm
Re: sqeegie fill coat question
Hank -- 6/13/2000, 8:54 am
Use sqeegie to fill weave
Shawn B -- 6/13/2000, 12:00 pm
Whats tipping out
Rick -- 6/14/2000, 1:36 pm
Re: Whats tipping out
peter czerpak -- 6/15/2000, 8:31 am
Re: sqeegie fill coat question
peter czerpak -- 6/13/2000, 7:55 am
Re: sqeegie fill coat question
Dean Trexel -- 6/12/2000, 1:04 pm
Help me Dean...
Layton -- 6/12/2000, 1:10 pm
Re: to the rescue...
Dean Trexel -- 6/12/2000, 1:39 pm
Thanks for the help. NT
Layton -- 6/12/2000, 2:14 pm