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Re: Strip: repairing cut bottom, adding kevlar bot
By:Shawn Baker
Date: 2/17/2002, 12:49 pm

: That would seem best. Most paint strippers contain methylene chloride, which
: will attack cured epoxy. With a sweet pungent odor, once you smell it you
: never forget it. And it is carcinogenic.

Would those products be suitable for removing an entire glass coat?

Shawn

: Heat is a mortal enemy of epoxy too, leading to possible delamination and
: bond failure. Stay from the heat gun.

: Seems like the only logical safe method left would be sanding or scraping,
: being careful not to sand through the glass.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: repairing cut bottom, adding kevlar bottom
David Reid -- 2/16/2002, 10:48 pm
how big is the cut?
Paul G. Jacobson -- 2/17/2002, 5:14 pm
Re: Strip: repairing cut bottom, adding kevlar bot
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 2/17/2002, 9:49 am
Re: Strip: repairing cut bottom, adding kevlar bot
david -- 2/17/2002, 9:26 am
Re: Strip: repairing cut bottom, adding kevlar bot
LeeG -- 2/17/2002, 9:07 am
Re: Strip: repairing cut bottom, adding kevlar bot
Pete Rudie -- 2/17/2002, 2:28 am
Re: Strip: repairing cut bottom, adding kevlar bot
Shawn Baker -- 2/17/2002, 12:49 pm
Re: Strip: repairing cut bottom, adding kevlar bot
Pete Rudie -- 2/17/2002, 1:33 pm