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Re: The thing to do with that...
By:Don Beale
Date: 2/19/2002, 12:58 pm
In Response To: Re: Epoxy: Brushing the fill coat (LeeG)

Is to figure on painting the hull. Then you could use one of the filler pre-coats for undercoating, which sands out quickly and easily. You'd a have a tough hull, with the cabosil in the fill coats.

: I saw a s&g kayak at a boat building school here in annapolis that has since
: folded,,the kayak had cabosil epoxy for the entire fill coats and as a
: fairing compound, it was sitting for over a year,,one of the guys at the
: shop said the owner spent a weekend sanding it then gave up.

Messages In This Thread

Epoxy: cab-o-sil
Tom -- 2/19/2002, 12:45 am
Re: Epoxy: Brushing the fill coat
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 2/19/2002, 9:40 am
Re: Epoxy: Brushing the fill coat
Tom -- 2/19/2002, 4:46 pm
Fill coat with the Cab-O-Sil - oops *Pic*
Tom -- 2/19/2002, 10:58 pm
Re: Fill coat with the Cab-O-Sil - oops
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 2/20/2002, 10:05 am
Re: Epoxy: Brushing the fill coat
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 2/19/2002, 5:37 pm
Re: Epoxy: Brushing the fill coat
Ross Leidy -- 2/19/2002, 5:08 pm
Re: technique
LeeG -- 2/19/2002, 12:47 pm
Re: Epoxy: Brushing the fill coat
!RUSS -- 2/19/2002, 10:57 am
Re: Epoxy: end pour
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 2/19/2002, 1:00 pm
Re: Epoxy: Brushing the fill coat
LeeG -- 2/19/2002, 12:50 pm
Re: The thing to do with that...
Don Beale -- 2/19/2002, 12:58 pm
Re: Epoxy: cab-o-sil
LeeG -- 2/19/2002, 3:32 am