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Re: Strip: glassing problem
By:Nick Riccardi
Date: 5/8/2011, 4:37 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: glassing problem (Bill Hamm)

: Btw, the fix suggest by others will work fine, razor cut the spots
: off, feather the edge slightly (sand paper) and put on a patch,
: with the 3.2 you'll never see it.

: I had a thought, how did you clean the surface prior to using the
: glass?

: Bill H.

Hi Bill,Geo.&Matt, I put the cloth on as good a bias as the 44" allows so it's not a true 45* the shop was bout 78*(I live in the Tampa
Bay area so I started about 8:30PM when it was cooling down I used a 4" china bristle brush to smooth the glass and seemed to
have a hard time getting all the bubbles out I played with this as long as I dared ,when I started the wetout it was not wicking through
as fast as usual,I saw some bubbles and thought it was starvation added more epoxy then was concerned with flotation so I rested the
glass then rewet with a roller and tipped off. I'm wondering if I have a glass issue Please respond I'm at my wits end Thanks Nick R.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: glassing problem
Nick Riccardi -- 5/7/2011, 5:42 pm
Re: Strip: glassing problem
Paul G. Jacobson -- 5/7/2011, 5:49 pm
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Al Edie -- 5/8/2011, 11:22 am
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Nick Riccardi -- 5/8/2011, 12:08 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 5/8/2011, 1:37 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 5/8/2011, 1:40 pm
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Nick Riccardi -- 5/8/2011, 4:37 pm
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Al Edie -- 5/8/2011, 10:23 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 5/9/2011, 12:19 am
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Nick Riccardi -- 5/9/2011, 10:58 am
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Bill Hamm -- 5/9/2011, 2:02 pm
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Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 5/9/2011, 3:58 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 5/10/2011, 2:01 am
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Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 5/9/2011, 8:46 am
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george jung -- 5/8/2011, 3:58 pm
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dave g -- 5/8/2011, 11:54 pm
Another possible cause
Jay Babina -- 5/9/2011, 7:54 am
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george jung -- 5/9/2011, 7:16 pm
Re: Strip: glassing problem *PIC*
dave g -- 5/9/2011, 11:11 pm
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Kirk Fredericks - Farback Carpentry and Automation -- 5/10/2011, 10:09 am
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StephenHJ -- 5/10/2011, 12:25 pm
Re: Strip: glassing problem
Kirk Fredericks - Farback Carpentry and Automation -- 5/10/2011, 3:37 pm
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MattD. -- 5/8/2011, 1:45 pm