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Re: Shop: Progress Update
By:srchr/gerald
Date: 4/25/2003, 11:05 am
In Response To: Shop: Progress Update *LINK* *Pic* (Charles Leach)

Looks really good. I just finished fiberglassing and fill coats on mine using the 6oz cloth and epoxy from UScomposites. Clarity and workability is excellent...if you still had questions. Just remember that the 635/556 combination is a very slow epoxy. At 70 degrees it will still be minutely tacky 24 hours later. At 80 degrees it will be hard...but not nearly as hard as it will eventually get. You will have hours during which you can come back to squeegee and work out runs. You don't have to, of course, but I'm like a mother hen when I epoxy. I run back out there every 15 minutes to make sure everything is ok. I've never used their 4 oz cloth, though I plan to, so please let us know how it works. Have fun.

Messages In This Thread

Shop: Progress Update *LINK* *Pic*
Charles Leach -- 4/24/2003, 11:18 pm
Re: Shop: Progress Update *LINK*
Charles Leach -- 4/25/2003, 11:44 pm
Re: Cool Deck.WOW !!!
Steve Frederick -- 4/25/2003, 5:09 pm
Re: Shop: Progress Update
srchr/gerald -- 4/25/2003, 11:05 am
Re: Shop: That "L"'s a BIG BOAT *NM*
Roger Nuffer -- 4/25/2003, 10:06 am
Ohhhh....
Tom Bastiansen -- 4/25/2003, 2:13 am
Re: Shop: Progress Update
ChrisO -- 4/25/2003, 12:43 am