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Re: fiberglassing guillemot
By:Jim Horlacher
Date: 12/9/1998, 2:58 pm
In Response To: fiberglassing guillemot (Kenneth Paul)

> Hi, I just finished fiberglassing the deck of my guillemot ( doing the
> deck first) I have to admit that for all my worrying about doing this for
> the first time everything went smoothly, I did not use a seal coat. In
> another half hour I'll go check for bubbles or dry spots, the MAS epoxy
> (cool cure) is great to work with. Applied the first coat with a squeegee
> and will roll the next couple of coats. Thanks for everyones help. Kenny

Hi, I'm using the same epoxy (MAS Cool Cure) and it feels sticky, even after two weeks, but it is hard. It hasn't warmed up much more then 45 degrees but I did heat it up to about 65 for a few hours to see if that would help. It felt dry (not sticky) while it was warmer but became sticky again after it cooled down. I called MAS and they said they didn't have any idea why it was doing that. Has anyone else seen this happen? Any ideas? Please e-mail to jim.c.horlacher@tek.com

Thanks, Jim

Messages In This Thread

fiberglassing guillemot
Kenneth Paul -- 12/8/1998, 7:16 pm
Re: fiberglassing guillemot
Jim Horlacher -- 12/9/1998, 2:58 pm
Re: fiberglassing guillemot
Nick Schade -- 12/10/1998, 8:57 am
Re: fiberglassing guillemot
Paul Jacobson -- 12/10/1998, 3:42 am