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Re: Paddle: Home-Built Paddle Collection
By:Duane Strosaker
Date: 12/9/2007, 11:51 pm
In Response To: Re: Paddle: Home-Built Paddle Collection (mike b)

I just add enough graphite powder to blacken the epoxy really well and thicken it just slightly. Sorry, but I don't know what ration that turns out to be. I apply the first coat, sand it smooth, and apply the second coat as smooth as posible. Occasional, as the tip edges wear through from surf launches, I reapply more blackened epoxy only where it wore through.

: Duane, What ratio of graphite powder to epoxy do you use to get the right
: mixture for properly thickening the epoxy?

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Duane Strosaker -- 12/7/2007, 7:49 pm
Re: Paddle: Home-Built Paddle Collection
Bill Hamm -- 12/9/2007, 1:17 am
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David S -- 12/8/2007, 4:29 pm
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Duane Strosaker -- 12/8/2007, 10:24 pm
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george jung -- 12/8/2007, 10:58 pm
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Duane Strosaker -- 12/8/2007, 11:51 pm
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Mike Scarborough -- 12/8/2007, 10:35 am
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Duane Strosaker -- 12/8/2007, 10:13 pm
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PatrickC -- 12/7/2007, 11:02 pm
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Duane Strosaker -- 12/7/2007, 11:14 pm
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Duane Strosaker -- 12/7/2007, 11:25 pm
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mike b -- 12/9/2007, 11:11 am
Re: Paddle: Home-Built Paddle Collection
Duane Strosaker -- 12/9/2007, 11:51 pm