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Re: Epoxy: Wood Seal Coat before glassing....
By:Bill Mayberry
Date: 12/3/2011, 2:42 pm
In Response To: Re: Epoxy: Wood Seal Coat before glassing.... (Etienne Muller)

: I don't use them. What I do is apply a nice coating of slow cure
: epoxy over the dry cloth on unsealed wood, when I have covered
: about three ft of the length I apply some good heat with the
: heat gun to that area to get it nice and runny so that it wets
: out and sinks in well. Then I move on to the next three ft
: section and repeat. When I have got about half the boat done I
: go back to the beginning and squeegee gently to get excess off
: the first quarter, then I continue with the process, go back to
: the second quarter and squeegee, etc, until I am done. This is
: for first coat only, not for fill coats.
:ET

ET
This sounds like an ideal method (the look of your boats confirms that...:).... Would you mind sharing the make and model of the epoxy you use for this first coat?
Thanks,
Bill

Messages In This Thread

Epoxy: Wood Seal Coat before glassing....
Bob Beaullieu -- 12/2/2011, 12:20 pm
Re: Epoxy: Wood Seal Coat before glassing....
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 12/2/2011, 12:50 pm
Re: Epoxy: Wood Seal Coat before glassing....
Bob Beaullieu -- 12/2/2011, 1:01 pm
Re: Epoxy: Wood Seal Coat (thinned)
Bill Mayberry -- 12/2/2011, 6:32 pm
Re: Epoxy: Wood Seal Coat (thinned)
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 12/2/2011, 10:31 pm
Re: Epoxy: Wood Seal Coat (thinned)
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 12/2/2011, 10:55 pm
Re: Epoxy: Wood Seal Coat (thinned)
Bill Mayberry -- 12/2/2011, 11:25 pm
Re: Epoxy: Wood Seal Coat (thinned)
Brian Nystrom -- 12/3/2011, 11:28 am
Re: Epoxy: Wood Seal Coat before glassing....
Dan Gallagher -- 12/3/2011, 1:36 pm
Re: Epoxy: Wood Seal Coat before glassing....
Etienne Muller -- 12/3/2011, 2:13 pm
Re: Epoxy: Wood Seal Coat before glassing....
Bill Mayberry -- 12/3/2011, 2:42 pm
Re: Epoxy: Wood Seal Coat before glassing.... *PIC*
Etienne Muller -- 12/3/2011, 3:33 pm
Re: Epoxy: Wood Seal Coat before glassing....
Rob Macks------WebKitFormBoundarykHZ7kG4ZI7WSw+7N- -- 12/3/2011, 3:42 pm
Re: Epoxy: Wood Seal Coat before glassing....
Dan Gallagher -- 12/3/2011, 4:19 pm
Re: Epoxy: Wood Seal Coat before glassing....
Etienne Muller -- 12/4/2011, 4:39 am
Re: Epoxy: Wood Seal Coat before glassing....
Jay Babina -- 12/5/2011, 9:15 am
Re: Epoxy: Wood Seal Coat before glassing....
Robert N Pruden -- 12/5/2011, 12:11 pm
Re: Epoxy: Wood Seal Coat before glassing....
Bob Beaullieu -- 12/5/2011, 1:30 pm
Re: Epoxy: Wood Seal Coat before glassing....
Bill Hamm -- 12/6/2011, 2:43 am