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Re: Thined epoxy cure time?
By:JG
Date: 7/25/2000, 10:33 am
In Response To: Thined epoxy cure time? (Ron Weatherman)

: Thought I would experiment a little. I Sanded my System Three epoxy down on a
: S&G recently finished. I then rubed on a very thin coat of Thined epoxy to
: fill in all the scratches from sanding. Now I wonder how long I should let
: the thin coat of epoxy cure before I put my Z Spar Flagship varnish on it.
: I can't find an answer in the System Three Epoxy book, so I thought I
: would ask here since there is a lot of nice people with a lot of
: experience here. Has anyone done anything similar? It seems to work and
: the boat looks good.

Ron, you might read the posts below on penetrating epoxy made by Smith & Co. Posted on July 11. There is a phone # included in one of the posts you can call. I'm going to try it out on my CH17. Also read my post entitled penetrating epoxy update.

John

Messages In This Thread

Thined epoxy cure time?
Ron Weatherman -- 7/24/2000, 7:50 pm
Re: Thined epoxy cure time?
Doug -- 7/25/2000, 2:43 pm
Re: Thined epoxy cure time?
Ron Weatherman -- 7/25/2000, 2:51 pm
Re: Thined epoxy cure time?
JG -- 7/25/2000, 10:33 am
Re: Thined epoxy cure time?
jtmc -- 7/24/2000, 11:18 pm
Re: Thined epoxy cure time?
Ron Weatherman -- 7/25/2000, 10:16 am
Re: Thined epoxy cure time?
Mike Scarborough -- 7/25/2000, 10:42 pm
Re: Thined epoxy cure time?
Ron Weatherman -- 7/26/2000, 9:49 am