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Bubbles
By:Grant
Date: 5/29/2003, 10:54 am
In Response To: Re: Epoxy: Gettin' the hang of it (Scott)

: Question Two: Brush or roller. I had always throught a foam roller was the
: way to go, but yesterday I started reading that using a brush reduces the
: air-bubbles and was better for fill coats...

Yeah I got those darned bubbles the other day after my first fill coat. This is my first serieous experience with epoxy. The wet out went very smoothly and the fill coat with a roller went very smoothly ... or so I thought. I had minimal drips but when I looked closely the next day lots of fish eyes.

So I spent 1 1/2 hours sanding yesterday to remove that fill coat. I will be using a squeegee this time!

grant

Messages In This Thread

Epoxy: Gettin' the hang of it
Patsy -- 5/29/2003, 8:46 am
Re: Epoxy: Gettin' the hang of it
Bill Price -- 5/30/2003, 12:56 pm
Nice work, Patsy.
Robert N Pruden -- 5/30/2003, 5:21 am
Excellent....! *NM*
srchr/gerald -- 5/29/2003, 11:55 am
Re: Epoxy: Gettin' the hang of it
Scott -- 5/29/2003, 9:45 am
Re: Epoxy: Gettin' the hang of it
Jim Kozel -- 5/29/2003, 12:21 pm
Re: Epoxy: Gettin' the hang of it
Jay Babina -- 5/29/2003, 10:55 am
Bubbles
Grant -- 5/29/2003, 10:54 am
when in doubt...
Frank Eberdt -- 5/29/2003, 10:52 am
Re: Epoxy: Gettin' the hang of it
Myrl Tanton -- 5/29/2003, 10:12 am
Re: Epoxy: Gettin' the hang of it
Bill Burton -- 5/29/2003, 10:11 am
Reading too much
Patsy -- 5/29/2003, 10:07 am
BRAVO! *NM*
Danny -- 5/29/2003, 9:16 am