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Re: Material: 5 oz.
By:Sam McFadden
Date: 4/22/2002, 12:31 pm
In Response To: Re: Material: 5 oz. (Wolfgang)

: I finished glassing the hull of my CH16 on Saturday and also used Raka 5oz.
: I guess it is a little harder to wet out but at the end goes on very smooth
: and is completly invisible. I did use a squeegee to work the epoxy into
: the glass and to press the glass firmly against the hull. I did take a
: couple of passes with the squeegee to wet it out. I would defenitelly use
: it again. Just my 2 cents from a first time builder.

Wolfgang,

That's good to hear. I think Steve Frederick was a bit worried about his purchase of the 5 oz, but you're at least the third one to post a positive whole boat experience with it, so the feed back is favorable. I put another layer on my test panel, and it came out fine as well.

Thanks for the input,
Sam

Messages In This Thread

Material: 5 oz.
Sam McFadden -- 4/20/2002, 10:03 pm
Re: Material: 5 oz.
Wolfgang -- 4/22/2002, 12:12 pm
Re: Material: 5 oz.
Sam McFadden -- 4/22/2002, 12:31 pm