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Re: Other: How finicky are you about sanding?
By:pikabike
Date: 12/11/2003, 10:45 pm

: The general concensis is to sand to 120 grit and stop. Stopping at 80 grit
: could leave visible scratches.

: Wet out the whole boat w/ epoxy prior to glassing. The new epoxy should blend
: in the already epoxied areas to the rest of the surface. Otherwise the
: boat could look blotchy/stained in the areas where there's already some
: epoxy cured in/on the wood surface. It only takes a couple of ounces of
: epoxy to do this and there's no effect on the yet-to-come glassing steps
: (well, you MIGHT use a tad less epoxy at that point but otherwise...).

Do you mean wet it out right before glassing, or seal it and then sand it before glassing?

Messages In This Thread

Other: How finicky are you about sanding?
pikabike -- 12/9/2003, 1:34 pm
Re: Other: How finicky are you about sanding?
Rob P. -- 12/11/2003, 5:28 pm
Re: Other: How finicky are you about sanding?
pikabike -- 12/11/2003, 10:45 pm
Seal & sand
Rob P. -- 12/12/2003, 2:01 pm
Re: Other: How finicky are you about sanding?
Rod Tait -- 12/9/2003, 3:35 pm
Re: Other: How finicky are you about sanding?
pikabike -- 12/10/2003, 3:42 pm
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Rod Tait -- 12/10/2003, 6:26 pm