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Re: Strip: glassing problem
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 5/10/2011, 2:01 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: glassing problem (Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K)

: if you've precoated the wood, there isn't a

: One coat of epoxy on bare wood is not airtight, out-gassing will
: still occur.

: I don't even trust wet-out glass over a seal coat to be air-tight
: or water-proof.

: Just as I don't trust only a wet-out glass layer inside the hull to
: be waterproof.

: I don't seal coat the interior hull/deck wood. The seal coat on
: bare wood is to ensure a transparent
: good cosmetic look for exterior surfaces.

: I only forget about temperature swings after the first fill coat on
: the glass.

: Rob

Hi Rob,

I'll trust your judgement on outgassing, but I've had no problems after seal coating. I use it everywhere I'm glassing on wood, minimizes the wood sucking up resin out of the laminate at often very different rates depending on the strip. For me it makes glassing easier and I try to not be in a hurry, it's a hobby for me :)

Bill H.

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Strip: glassing problem
Nick Riccardi -- 5/7/2011, 5:42 pm
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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
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Jay Babina -- 5/9/2011, 7:54 am
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george jung -- 5/9/2011, 7:16 pm
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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
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Kirk Fredericks - Farback Carpentry and Automation -- 5/10/2011, 3:37 pm
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MattD. -- 5/8/2011, 1:45 pm