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Re: deck re-attach - filling the voids
By:Shawn Baker
Date: 7/3/1998, 3:56 pm
In Response To: deck re-attach (Jim Loudon)


> Should I use some glass cloth or matting between the deck and hall
> to help fill the voids along with epoxie?

Glass cloth is rather expensive to use for filling voids. Buy some silica fume or microballoons to thicken your epoxy. I also read on someone's homepage about using fiberglass insulation as a void filler. He was building a sailboat and just used the regular pink Owens Corning fiberglass insulation. He'd just pull off a chunk, stuff it into a void, and then saturate it with epoxy. I remember him saying something about it turning from pink to bright red when it was saturated. Not that this will be any significant problem, as I assume you're painting it anyway.

good luck, Shawn

Messages In This Thread

deck re-attach
Jim Loudon -- 6/30/1998, 7:13 pm
Re: deck re-attach - filling the voids
Shawn Baker -- 7/3/1998, 3:56 pm
Re: deck re-attach - filling the voids
Mark Kanzler -- 7/4/1998, 10:22 am
Re: deck re-attach
Paul Jacobson -- 6/30/1998, 8:06 pm
Re: deck re-attach
Jim Loudon -- 6/30/1998, 9:10 pm
Re: deck re-attach
Paul Jacobson -- 7/4/1998, 1:27 am
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Mark Kanzler -- 7/4/1998, 10:16 am
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Mark Kanzler -- 7/1/1998, 10:37 am
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Jim Loudon -- 7/1/1998, 3:13 pm
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Mark Kanzler -- 7/1/1998, 4:10 pm
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Jim Loudon -- 7/1/1998, 4:44 pm
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Mark Kanzler -- 7/1/1998, 5:01 pm
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