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Re: Bihl did it !!
By:Mark Normand
Date: 3/25/2003, 4:02 pm
In Response To: Re: Bihl did it !! (Dave Murray)

Same here, I steered away from 5oz, used his 6oz and only 606 hardener first time lately. Now our temps approach 70-80deg daily, 606 is working very well, drying much faster than I thought. But I'll probably go 350 next time.
Only beef about roll cloth was the freezer tape used to tape it at the end. Taking that off ruined the 1st 12 inches of the 50",30yd roll, it was stuck something fierce. Good for scrap cloth tho :-))

: I used the 5 oz cloth with Raka slow hardner the deck of my King. The weave
: problem is there, big time. Fortunately the kayak is clear pine and the
: pattern isn't too bad except over the redwood trim where it looks bad.
: Warm climate, San Diego. No more 5 oz. in my shop, the small price
: difference isn't worth the substandard results. Used Raka 6 oz on the hull
: and it is fine. As we say down here, "If you can see the bad stuff,
: you are obviously standing too close. Please step back a bit."
: Semper Fi, Dave

Messages In This Thread

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Jack Sanderson -- 3/21/2003, 1:14 pm
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Mike and Rikki -- 3/23/2003, 3:54 pm
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joe cesario -- 3/23/2003, 1:45 pm
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Matthew -- 3/23/2003, 8:22 pm
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Rehd -- 3/23/2003, 4:04 pm
Re: Epoxy: ordering cloth from raka question
Sam McFadden -- 3/23/2003, 2:13 pm
Re: Bihl did it !!
Rehd -- 3/21/2003, 8:33 pm
Re: Bihl did it !!
Jack Sanderson -- 3/23/2003, 10:24 pm
Re: Bihl did it !!
Bill Price -- 3/22/2003, 3:25 pm
Re: Bihl did it !!
Ted Henry -- 3/22/2003, 8:48 pm
Re: Bihl did it !!
Dave Murray -- 3/23/2003, 2:17 pm
Re: Bihl did it !!
Mark Normand -- 3/25/2003, 4:02 pm