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Re: Strip: Frayed Edges On Football Area Glass
By:John Monfoe
Date: 5/9/2002, 7:06 am

: No problem, if you have a cabinet scraper wait a day or so and scrape them
: off. If you don't have a scraper, wait a couple of days till the glass is
: good and hard and sand them. You will need to sand the transition well
: anyway but the scraper means a little less arm work.

: Don't try to sand the area until the epoxy is well cured...3 or more days
: depending on your temperature. Sanding "green" or uncured epoxy
: may give you white marks or blobs that never go away. (don't ask me how I
: know this). It seems that the dust from sanding gets imbedded into the
: soft epoxy and will not clear when dry.

This did happen to me. I got sanding dust into my football edges that never came out. I used a slow Raka epoxy and scraped and sanded the next day. Sanding in about 3 days sounds about right to me. And perhaps scraping the next day might be OK. I just know I would wait longer the next time.

John

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Frayed Edges On Football Area Glass
Ken -- 5/8/2002, 3:55 pm
Re: Strip: Frayed Edges On Football Area Glass
Ben Staley -- 5/8/2002, 4:51 pm
Re: Strip: Frayed Edges On Football Area Glass
John Monfoe -- 5/9/2002, 7:06 am
white spots
Tom -- 5/9/2002, 4:29 pm
Re: Strip: Frayed Edges On Football Area Glass
LeeG -- 5/9/2002, 9:38 am
Cabinet Scraper *Pic*
Dave Houser -- 5/8/2002, 8:02 pm