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Re: Scrape it
By:David
Date: 6/19/2000, 8:05 pm
In Response To: Re: Scrape it (Mike Hanks)

Rick,

Mike has a good point! I tried a cabinet scraper for attacking runs, but found that I did better with utility knife blades. Hold the blade between thumbs and forefingers and drag across surface with the blade at a 90 degree angle to remove thin shavings of epoxy. This is a very good way of smoothing your first fill coat of epoxy before going your final fill coat. You can get an absolutely flat surface flat surface with a lot of control to avoid removing too much material.

David

Messages In This Thread

Keel tape on Pygmy
Rick -- 6/18/2000, 12:30 am
Re: Keel tape on Pygmy
David -- 6/19/2000, 3:14 pm
Re: Keel tape on Pygmy
Rick -- 6/19/2000, 6:43 pm
Re: Scrape it
Mike Hanks -- 6/19/2000, 6:52 pm
Re: Scrape it
David -- 6/19/2000, 8:05 pm
Re: Scrape it
Rick -- 6/20/2000, 1:40 am
Re: Keel tape on Pygmy
Greg -- 6/18/2000, 2:36 am
Re: Keel tape on Pygmy
Rick -- 6/18/2000, 6:55 pm