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Re: Cold weather building in New England
By:Don Lueder
Date: 10/16/2000, 3:25 pm
In Response To: Cold weather building in New England (Bob Deutsch)

I have never use MAS epoxies. So I can’t comment on their suitably for cold weather work. However I have used System 3’s cold weather (fast) hardener, down to temperatures in the mid-forties. (About as cold as it gets here is Southern California.) Anyway it worked fine, I never saw a significant difference in clarity between it and the medium speed hardener.

Don

: I plan to build through the winter months. Do I need to wait until warmer
: weather for the glassing of the boat, or will the use of the MAS
: preparations allow me to glass in the winter months? I will likely use an
: electric heater when actually building. Do I need to worry about the
: effect of temperature changes on the boat structure itself after leaving
: the garage? I would appreciate all cold weather warnings. Many
: thanks....Bob

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Cold weather building in New England
Bob Deutsch -- 10/15/2000, 8:17 pm
Re: Cold weather building in New England
Bob Deutsch -- 10/16/2000, 5:52 pm
Re: Cold weather building in New England
Don Lueder -- 10/16/2000, 3:25 pm
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Roger Nuffer -- 10/16/2000, 12:27 pm
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Jason Given -- 10/16/2000, 11:22 am
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Lee -- 10/16/2000, 8:34 am
Re: Field-expedient cold temp epoxy
Pete -- 10/22/2000, 6:46 pm
Re: Cold weather building in New England
Kent LeBoutillier -- 10/16/2000, 6:38 am
Re: Cold weather building in New England
Shawn Baker -- 10/16/2000, 1:55 pm