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Re: S&G: Butt Joints & Epoxy
By:Jeff The Tall
Date: 2/13/2003, 4:08 pm
In Response To: S&G: Butt Joints & Epoxy (Kevin T)

since every one else has chimed in, here is my $(1/50)

end grain will suck up a lot of epoxy. The butt joint that you were tapeing over was sucking a lot of the epoxy off of the visible surface and up into the grain itself. A heavy satureation coat should fix this is the future.

My solution was to ignore this, and just before I glassed in the whole hull, I sanded off the tape. This also prevents banding (faint light areas near the butt joints; which are noticable and annoying, but only to the builder)

BTW doing one side pretty much precludes this happening on the other

Messages In This Thread

S&G: Butt Joints & Epoxy
Kevin T -- 2/13/2003, 1:05 am
Re: S&G: Butt Joints & Epoxy
Jeff The Tall -- 2/13/2003, 4:08 pm
Re: S&G: Butt Joints & Epoxy
Jay Babina -- 2/13/2003, 11:35 am
Re: S&G: Butt Joints & Epoxy
srchr/gerald -- 2/13/2003, 11:14 am
Re: S&G: Butt Joints & Epoxy
LeeG -- 2/13/2003, 11:45 am
very carefully...
srchr/gerald -- 2/13/2003, 5:17 pm
Re: S&G: Butt Joints & Epoxy
shawn servoss -- 2/13/2003, 11:58 am
Re: S&G: Butt Joints & Epoxy
LeeG -- 2/13/2003, 12:07 pm
Re: butt joints
ootek -- 2/13/2003, 3:32 pm
Re: butt joints
LeeG -- 2/13/2003, 3:39 pm
Re: S&G: Butt Joints & Epoxy
shawn servoss -- 2/13/2003, 12:15 pm
Re: S&G: Butt Joints & Epoxy
LeeG -- 2/13/2003, 10:13 am
Perfect Butt Joints
Severne -- 2/13/2003, 5:52 pm
Re: butt joints
ootek -- 2/13/2003, 3:43 pm
Re: S&G: Butt Joints & Epoxy *LINK*
Kurt Loup, Baton Rouge -- 2/13/2003, 12:02 pm
Re: S&G: Butt Joints & Epoxy
Dan Beatty -- 2/13/2003, 11:38 am
Re: S&G: Butt Joints & Epoxy
Don Lucas -- 2/13/2003, 11:11 am
Re: butt joints
ootek -- 2/13/2003, 10:11 am
Re: S&G: Butt Joints & Epoxy
Jim Kozel -- 2/13/2003, 10:08 am
Re: S&G: Butt Joints & Epoxy
Mark Normand -- 2/13/2003, 9:37 am
Re: S&G: Butt Joints & Epoxy
Don -- 2/13/2003, 8:07 am
Re: S&G: Butt Joints & Epoxy
Shawn Servoss -- 2/13/2003, 1:33 am