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Re: Strip: underside of the deck
By:Reg Lake
Date: 5/19/2009, 10:17 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: underside of the deck (Craig Robinson)

: I'm in a similar position with my Cirrus hybrid. i was thinking about
: finising inside with bondo/bog to fair it all up before glassing. Any
: flaws with this idea? my gaps aren't very big, bog/bondo is relatively
: cheap and I'm guessing its a bit lighter than epoxy.

Hi Craig,

I would be cautious on mixing the materials. Epoxy will bond to polyester or vinyl ester but the opposite does not work. I would stick with epoxy based material or do a test first. Way too much work to this point to have surprises.

Best,

Reg

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Strip: underside of the deck
DaveS -- 5/18/2009, 7:52 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 5/21/2009, 2:37 pm
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Pedro Almeida -- 5/19/2009, 8:07 pm
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DaveS -- 5/19/2009, 9:31 pm
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J. Waddington -- 5/20/2009, 7:21 am
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DaveS -- 5/20/2009, 8:49 am
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Pedro Almeida -- 5/20/2009, 12:47 am
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Scott Fitzgerrell -- 5/19/2009, 11:54 am
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bueller -- 5/19/2009, 7:13 pm
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kirk briggs -- 5/18/2009, 8:33 pm
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Allan -- 5/18/2009, 9:09 pm
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Craig Robinson -- 5/18/2009, 9:23 pm
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Reg Lake -- 5/19/2009, 10:17 am
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Bill Hamm -- 5/22/2009, 6:25 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 5/22/2009, 6:26 pm