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Re: Strip: repair *PIC*
By:buck biscuit
Date: 5/21/2010, 10:38 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: repair (Paul G Jacobson)

Okay, photobucket works here are the little white dots.
Thank you for the repair notes! Also, what went wrong in the first place?
Not enough resin? Poor applications? No Varnish?

:Little white dots? As much as they may offend your eye, this is not
: the time to deal with them. Paddle the boat now and enjoy it!
: Come autumn, when you are putting things away for winter, fix
: these spots and all the other dings and scuffs that a season of
: paddling will create.

: While the spots are visible they will not compromise the strength
: of the boat.

: The actual repair technique is fairly simple--sand away the glass
: over the affected area, sand a tapered area an inch or more into
: the glass around the spot, apply resin and a patch of glass
: cloth over all the area you sanded. Apply one or two more coats
: of resin to fill in the weave of the new cloth, waiting 8 to 24
: hours between coats. Wait 2 days to 2 weeks for the resin to get
: good and hard, then sand the patched area flat, removing the
: edges of the patch which are higher than the surrounding area.
: Apply one more coat of resin. Let it harden, then sand it smooth
: with fine sand paper before varnishing.

: Since you'll probably be giving the entire boat a light sanding and
: varnishing at the end of the season itt makes sense to wait
: until then t also do any fixes.

: You'll have all summer to get a quart of ePoxy resin, a yard of
: glass cloth for patch material, and a fresh can of varnish.

: Storing partly-used cans of varnish is a trick of its own. If you
: open a can of varnish now then there is no guarantee the stuff
: will still be good in the fall. Now you can patch thhese spots
: and not varnish them, but epoxy resin has not got any UV
: blockers in it so you run the risk of the repaired areas 'aging'
: or turning color at a different rate than the rest of the boat.
: That just makes small defects much more visible.

: So enjoy the boat the way it is until you have to do the annual
: maintenance.

: PGJ

Messages In This Thread

Strip: repair
buck biscuit -- 5/20/2010, 6:49 pm
Re: Strip: repair
Paul G Jacobson -- 5/21/2010, 3:31 am
Re: Strip: repair *PIC*
buck biscuit -- 5/21/2010, 10:44 am
Re: Strip: repair
Paul G Jacobson -- 5/21/2010, 1:30 pm
Re: Strip: repair
Roger D -- 5/21/2010, 12:07 pm
Re: Strip: repair
Bill Hamm -- 5/22/2010, 12:20 am
Re: Strip: repair
buck biscuit -- 5/24/2010, 12:58 pm
Re: Strip: repair *PIC*
buck biscuit -- 5/21/2010, 10:38 am
Re: Strip: repair
Mike Bielski -- 5/21/2010, 1:13 pm
as Don Ho says, Tiny bubbles in the . . .
Paul G Jacobson -- 5/21/2010, 4:50 pm
Re: Strip: repair
Brian Nystrom -- 5/21/2010, 11:41 am
Re: Strip: repair
Paul G Jacobson -- 5/21/2010, 11:59 am