: I put on my 6 oz full layer of glass on the haul, then an extra 6" wide
: layer of glass running from the bow and stern a long the keel for about
: 4', then a 4" layer on top of that. I scraped the 6" &
: 4" edges and faired them smooth, then sanded them. When I put my next
: epoxy fill coat on I had some white showing that didn't seem to wet
: through where I had scraped. What causes this? I also had a couple of
: small bubbles in the main glass that I hadn't noticed before. Should I
: keep filling with my coats of epoxy or sand over these bubbles now and see
: what happens. I didn't have any problems glassing my deck so these have
: surprised me. Thanks.
John,
I had similar problems when I put my reinforcement strips on the tail piece of my North Star. It is trapped sanding dust in small air pockets. I had to sand back down to this area and removed the small pockets with a small needle to get rid of them. I was told not to sand until I put on at least 3 coats of filler which I tried the second time but still had the white specks. Again I carefully sanded it down until I broke all the pockets, cleaned them and when I reapplied the epoxy I took the small needle and worked in the epoxy until the spots disappeared. Very much a pain. You can also try to pierce the pockets without sandingand work some epoxy in as this also worked for a couple stubborn spots for me.
Steve
: John