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Epoxy: Fill Coat and glassing time line and other questio *PIC*
By:Jmoore
Date: 9/1/2011, 7:31 pm

From what I have red here and else ware the best time line for glassing a kayak is:
fill coat at sun set
Scrub it @ about 4am (8 hours later ) and then
glass the hull @ about 5 am
scrub the boat and fill coat of epoxy on the glass 8 hours later at about 2 or three pm
Please correct me if I am missing something or am dead wrong. I am using Raka Slow set epoxy.
Also What detergent should I use to scrub the boat with between coats of epoxy? TSP?
This is my first time and after spending 3 months to get to this point and epoxy scars the ___ out of me ... the pucker factor is off the charts.
The blog of the build:
http://jasonrmoore.info/kayak_log/

Messages In This Thread

Epoxy: Fill Coat and glassing time line and other questio *PIC*
Jmoore -- 9/1/2011, 7:31 pm
Re: Epoxy: Fill Coat and glassing time line and ot
Etiennemuller Muller Ireland -- 9/1/2011, 8:05 pm
Re: Epoxy: Fill Coat and glassing time line and ot
Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 9/1/2011, 8:20 pm
Re: Epoxy: Fill Coat and glassing time line and ot
Eric M. -- 9/2/2011, 11:37 am
Re: Epoxy: Fill Coat and glassing time line and ot
Jmoore -- 9/2/2011, 12:49 pm
Re: Epoxy: Fill Coat and glassing time line and ot
Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 9/2/2011, 1:42 pm
Re: Epoxy: Fill Coat and glassing time line and ot
Jmoore -- 9/2/2011, 1:58 pm
Re: Epoxy: Fill Coat and glassing time line and ot
Bill Hamm -- 9/3/2011, 1:19 am
Re: Epoxy: Fill Coat and glassing time line and ot
Greg New -- 9/2/2011, 7:07 pm
Bit the bulit and just did it *PIC*
Jmoore -- 9/5/2011, 2:45 pm
Should not have lissend to dad! *PIC*
Jmoore -- 9/5/2011, 3:54 pm
Re: Should not have lissend to dad!
Rick Jensen -- 9/5/2011, 4:38 pm
Re: Should not have lissend to dad!
dave g -- 9/5/2011, 8:56 pm
Re: Should not have lissend to dad!
Etiennemuller Muller Ireland -- 9/6/2011, 5:08 am
Re: Should not have lissend to dad!
Mike Savage -- 9/6/2011, 1:43 pm
Re: Bit the bulit and just did it
Bill Hamm -- 9/6/2011, 2:00 am
Re: Bit the bulit and just did it
Sean D -- 9/6/2011, 10:32 am
Re: Bit the bulit and just did it
Jmoore -- 9/6/2011, 12:03 pm