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Re: Fill coat sanding
By:Mike Worthan
Date: 1/9/2001, 10:13 am
In Response To: Fill coat sanding (Ben Staley)

Ben,
Don't sand your fiberglass cloth. Fill the weave and at least one more top coat before sanding anything. You're just cutting the fabric before the fill coat. If you are trying to level out any ridges between squeege marks, you're doing it way too soon.

: I'm wondering if there is a minimum waiting period before sanding a fill
: coat?

: I lightly sanded a couple of spots 24 hrs after initial wetout just prior to
: the fill coat and they turned out kind of hazy, not quite clear after the
: fill coat was on. My guess was that I should not have sanded that soon. Is
: this correct?

Messages In This Thread

Fill coat sanding
Ben Staley -- 1/8/2001, 6:11 pm
Re: Fill coat sanding
Spidey -- 1/9/2001, 11:27 am
Re: Fill coat sanding
Ben Staley -- 1/9/2001, 1:46 pm
Re: Fill coat sanding
Spidey -- 1/9/2001, 2:10 pm
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Spidey -- 1/9/2001, 2:19 pm
Re: Fill coat sanding
Mike Worthan -- 1/9/2001, 10:13 am