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Material: Behlen Solar Lux Stain
By:Jay Doorly
Date: 11/10/2003, 2:02 am

Anybody know a Behlen Dye vendor in Western CT, or do I have to order it from some website?

I plan on staining the hull of my S&G Night Heron black, (hull is 4mm Okoume, deck is 3mm Okoume), covering the hull and deck inside and out with 1 layer of 4 oz 6522 S-glass and US Composites epoxy (thin w/ medium hardener), no fill on interior and 2 fill coats on exterior, and reinforcing hatch and coaming areas. All interior seams will be filleted with epoxy and microspheres, and the shear seam taped with 2" 7.5oz plain E-glass inside and out. To the football I plan on adding a layer of 5oz dynel plus a strip of dynel along the keel and that epoxy will contain graphite and coloidal silica. I am trying to balance and prioritize durability-money-weight. Any words of warning, wisdom or waaasups will be appreciated.

So, ya think I should pay triple for bias tape?

Messages In This Thread

Material: Behlen Solar Lux Stain
Jay Doorly -- 11/10/2003, 2:02 am
Re: Material: Behlen Solar Lux Stain
Chuck -- 11/10/2003, 10:58 pm
Re: Material: Behlen Solar Lux Stain
Jay Doorly -- 11/11/2003, 2:24 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 11/10/2003, 9:01 am
Re: Material: Behlen Solar Lux Stain *LINK*
Rich Centola -- 11/10/2003, 8:13 am
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Jay Doorly -- 11/10/2003, 3:54 pm
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Rich Centola -- 11/10/2003, 4:38 pm