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Re: Epoxy: Sanding epoxy safely
By:PatrickC
Date: 9/8/2009, 3:50 pm
In Response To: Epoxy: Sanding epoxy safely (george jung)

I duct tape a shop vac hose to my ros regardless of what i'm sanding.
Shop, clothes, self..stays clean.

: I need to knock down some drips/runs before final fill coat of epoxy. I
: scraped the most obvious offenders, then attempted to sand, using a ROS
: hooked to a shopvac. It works, but.... that epoxy plugs the filter very
: quickly. Any suggestions? I'm thinking I might be better off wet-sanding
: this. I presume a respirator is still necessary, even with the 'wet'.

Messages In This Thread

Epoxy: Sanding epoxy safely
george jung -- 9/8/2009, 2:19 pm
Re: Epoxy: Sanding epoxy safely
Paul G. Jacobson -- 9/9/2009, 4:09 am
Re: Epoxy: Sanding epoxy safely
Bill Hamm -- 9/9/2009, 1:52 am
Re: Epoxy: Sanding epoxy safely
PatrickC -- 9/8/2009, 3:50 pm