: Excellent! At last someone coming out and saying don't do it.

: The comments above did prompt me to actually find out what '100%
: solids' means. Google search led me to the wonderfully retro
: website of Budget Bob which cleared that up;

: http://www.budgetbob.com/Budgetbobspaintpage.html

: Another read through the Wikipedia entry for epoxy;

: "There are hundreds of ways that these formulators can modify
: epoxies—by adding mineral fillers (talc, silica, alumina,
: etc.), by adding flexibilizers, viscosity reducers, colorants,
: thickeners, accelerators, adhesion promoters, etc.. "

: . . . so I guess these floor paints may have flexibilizers (?!) and
: fillers that reduce the adhesion to the wood and the fabric and
: leave the result slightly pliable. Giving a tough finish to a
: floor but not good for the overall strength of a laminate.

: I agree with the idea of building something good enough for the
: final yard sale. These things will out live us and need to have
: enough residual worth for someone to take them on. Unlike;

:
: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Large-Birch-Plywood-Canadian-Open-Canoe-need-repair-/230757105614?pt=UK_Crafts_Other_Crafts_EH&hash=item35ba31ffce

: Unsuccessful experiments are one thing. Wasting the world's
: resources is quite another.

: . . . . Ben

: (*Viking funeral* Now there's an idea.)

There are lots of ways to build a boat and the grand majority don't require epoxy and most don't require any resin of any kind, I don't see the point.

Bill H.