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Re: Epoxy: Smoothest finish?
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 9/17/2011, 8:22 am
In Response To: Epoxy: Smoothest finish? (Larry W)

: Which finish can be worked to the smoothest finish? Epoxy? Varnish?
: Paint? I want to squeeze all the efficiency I can out of this
: hull!

Agree with Rod, either varnish or paint can be made very smooth, but for the best performance you'll want it as light as possible and you can do paint and get it lighter than you can with varnish.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Epoxy: Smoothest finish?
Larry W -- 9/16/2011, 7:37 pm
Re: Epoxy: Smoothest finish?
Rod Tait (Orca Boats) -- 9/16/2011, 10:30 pm
Re: Epoxy: Smoothest finish?
Bill Hamm -- 9/17/2011, 8:22 am
Re: Epoxy: Smoothest finish?
Malcolm Schweizer -- 9/19/2011, 7:16 am
Re: Epoxy: Smoothest finish?
Bill Hamm -- 9/20/2011, 2:21 am
Re: Epoxy: Smoothest finish?
Malcolm Schweizer -- 9/20/2011, 6:50 am
Re: Epoxy: Smoothest finish?
Larry W -- 9/20/2011, 4:13 pm
Re: Epoxy: Smoothest finish?
Malcolm Schweizer -- 9/20/2011, 5:30 pm
Re: Epoxy: Smoothest finish?
Bill Hamm -- 9/21/2011, 1:44 am
Re: Epoxy: Smoothest finish?
Bill Hamm -- 9/21/2011, 1:43 am
Re: Epoxy: Smoothest finish?
Larry W -- 9/21/2011, 2:14 pm
Re: Epoxy: Smoothest finish?
Will N to go -- 9/21/2011, 9:58 pm
Re: Epoxy: Smoothest finish?
Bill Hamm -- 9/22/2011, 2:18 am
Re: Epoxy: Smoothest finish?
Bill Hamm -- 9/22/2011, 2:15 am
Re: Epoxy: Smoothest finish?
Will N to go -- 9/29/2011, 3:32 pm
Re: Epoxy: Smoothest finish?
Bill Hamm -- 9/29/2011, 3:56 pm
Re: Epoxy: Smoothest finish?
Bill VerSteeg -- 9/30/2011, 11:37 am
Re: Epoxy: Smoothest finish?
Bill Hamm -- 10/3/2011, 2:03 am