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Graphite Rubs Off?
By:Grant
Date: 5/25/2003, 9:42 pm
In Response To: Re: Epoxy: Graphite vs Black Paint? *LINK* (Glen Smith)

: Hi Grant, I have used epoxy/graphite on a canoe hull bottom. Mixing graphite
: with epoxy makes a very runny mixture. It will not stay on a vertical
: surface and will creep under masking tape as Larry mentioned. The mix I
: used was epoxy/graphite/cabosil. This makes a thicker mix and avoids the
: above problems. I applied two fill coats of this mixture and the black
: color is uniform. I got the proportions from Tom Angelakis' web site (link
: below).
: Good luck. Glen in Baie-St-Paul.

Glen:

Did you find that the graphite rubs off on your hands like Tom reports?

grant

Messages In This Thread

Epoxy: Graphite vs Black Paint?
Grant -- 5/25/2003, 7:01 pm
Copier/laser printer toner is not graphite.
Brian Nystrom -- 5/27/2003, 1:41 pm
Re: Epoxy: Graphite vs Black Paint?
Larry C. -- 5/25/2003, 7:23 pm
Re: Epoxy: Graphite vs Black Paint? *LINK*
Glen Smith -- 5/25/2003, 7:44 pm
Graphite Rubs Off?
Grant -- 5/25/2003, 9:42 pm
Re: Graphite Rubs Off?
Glen Smith -- 5/25/2003, 11:54 pm