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Re: propane heaters: Take Care
By:Eric Schade (shearwater boats)
Date: 12/10/2000, 3:13 pm
In Response To: Re: propane heaters (Grant Goltz)

Take care using propane or kerosene heaters while epoxying...they produce large amounts of watervapor and other things, so unless they vent out doors or you use a NO blush epoxy you may get into problems.

I was able to peal the fiberglass off (a few years later) a boat i had precoated in winter with a Kero-Sun heater. It worked out OK, but I was in tears when a big blister formed behind the cockpit.

If the only problem was "blush" cleaning the boat with soapy water should have cured the problem (no pun intended...) I do not recall if I did or not, though i probably did sand between coats. the first coat may not have cured properly. P
Perhaps Nick remembers some details?

--eric

Messages In This Thread

cold weather kayak building
marc machado -- 12/7/2000, 7:25 pm
Re: cold weather kayak building
dave -- 12/7/2000, 11:36 pm
Re: propane heaters
Grant Goltz -- 12/8/2000, 11:37 am
Re: propane heaters: Take Care
Eric Schade (shearwater boats) -- 12/10/2000, 3:13 pm
Re: cold weather kayak building
Bob Deutsch -- 12/8/2000, 5:41 am
Re: cold weather kayak building
Mike -- 12/7/2000, 7:57 pm