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Re: Consider brown
By:Ian Cummins
Date: 1/31/2011, 11:23 am
In Response To: Consider brown *PIC* (John Caldeira)

Perfect! I've already got some wood flour and it turns the epoxy a nice mahogany color.

Ian

: :

: I don't have your answer, but please consider using sanding dust
: (or some spice such as cinnimon) and silica dust to make your
: hatch rims BROWN. I've built them black for a long time, but
: brown is more consistent with the boat color, unless you're
: painting. The only visible part of the hatch rim, normally, is
: the 1/4 inch that is inside the foam ring.

: Here in Fiji I could not easily get the graphite powder, so I
: switched to brown and love it. See photo at right.

: John

Messages In This Thread

Material: Blackener for hatch rims
Ian Cummins -- 1/30/2011, 10:32 pm
Re: Material: Blackener for hatch rims *PIC*
dave g -- 1/30/2011, 11:07 pm
Re: Material: Blackener for hatch rims
Bill Hamm -- 1/31/2011, 12:10 am
Re: Material: Blackener for hatch rims
Ian Johnson -- 1/31/2011, 4:02 am
Re: Material: Blackener for hatch rims
Greg Bridges -- 1/31/2011, 12:13 am
Consider brown *PIC*
John Caldeira -- 1/31/2011, 12:20 am
Re: Consider brown
Ian Cummins -- 1/31/2011, 11:23 am
Re: Material: Blackener for hatch rims
Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/31/2011, 3:43 am
Re: Material: Blackener for hatch rims
Bill Hamm -- 1/31/2011, 3:50 am
Re: Material: Blackener for hatch rims
Brian Nystrom -- 1/31/2011, 6:34 am
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Jay Babina -- 1/31/2011, 8:00 am
Re: Material: Blackener for hatch rims
Ian Cummins -- 1/31/2011, 12:34 pm
Re: Material: Blackener for hatch rims
Bill Hamm -- 2/1/2011, 12:56 am
Re: Material: Blackener for hatch rims
Don T -- 2/1/2011, 6:37 am
Re: Material: Blackener for hatch rims
Bill Hamm -- 2/1/2011, 4:54 pm
exotic edges for hatch rims *PIC*
Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/31/2011, 12:42 pm
Re: Material: Blackener for hatch rims
MattD. -- 1/31/2011, 3:06 pm
Re: Material: Blackener for hatch rims *PIC*
Bryan Hansel -- 1/31/2011, 3:21 pm