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Re: Epoxy: Little bubbles after applying epoxy to
By:martin sarocky
Date: 9/22/2008, 8:26 am

: When I am fiberglassing my kayak after squiging the epoxy (MAS) I get very
: tiny little dots what looks like air bubbles.
: Their are approximately 1/64, very tiny ones, you could see them only if you
: look very closely.
: Do you get anything like that?
: How do I fix that or what should I do not to get them.
: Is it something normal?
: It's not on the whole kayak just some parts of it.

: I have never seen the wooden strip kayak up close so I don't if anybody else
: has the same problem or if it is a problem at all.

: I really appreciate you taking your time to help me to find a solution or at
: least just writing me where I could find one if it really is a problem.

Thank you so much Bill,
we have thought that temperature might be a problem, we will try to do it around 85 F,
also Rob wrote to us that we might be using a hard squeege, what we also thought could make those micro bubbles.
He suggested squeege made out of milk carton, the plastic is lighter and you could not put too much pressure to fiberglass, what of course I was doing.
Thank you guys again for all your suggestions.

Messages In This Thread

Epoxy: Little bubbles after applying epoxy to fiberglass
martin sarocky -- 9/18/2008, 8:41 pm
Re: Epoxy: Little bubbles after applying epoxy to
martin sarocky -- 9/22/2008, 8:26 am
Re: Epoxy: Little bubbles after applying epoxy to
Brion -- 9/20/2008, 11:22 am
Re: Epoxy: Little bubbles after applying epoxy to
Bill Hamm -- 9/21/2008, 1:39 am
Re: Epoxy: Little bubbles after applying epoxy to
martin sarocky -- 9/21/2008, 12:25 pm
Re: Epoxy: Little bubbles after applying epoxy to
Bill Hamm -- 9/22/2008, 1:20 am
Re: Epoxy: Little bubbles after applying epoxy to
Glen Smith -- 9/19/2008, 12:15 pm
Re: Epoxy: Little bubbles after applying epoxy to
Thmas -- 9/19/2008, 11:20 am
Re: Epoxy: Little bubbles after applying epoxy to *LINK*
Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 9/18/2008, 9:18 pm