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Re: Strip: Is a fill coat recommended?
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 3/22/2012, 1:38 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: Is a fill coat recommended? (Jay Babina )

: If you do a seal coat be careful about blush. You have a time
: window to do the glassing for a chemical bond. If you wait too
: long you have to scrub the surface with water and scotch bright
: pad or sand. If you pull your finger over a glossy area and see
: a trail, that's blush.

: Your milk jug spreaders are fine for epoxy but be careful with
: glass. Any little rough spot can pull the weave of the glass
: fabric. You can buy nice smooth spreaders in Wallmart auto dept.
: cheap.

Hi Jay,

If you go to an store selling paint to body shops, "auto body shop supplies" in the phone book, you can buy the squeegies at about 1/2 the price of walmart and they are better quality too.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Is a fill coat recommended? *PIC*
Andrew T -- 3/19/2012, 7:50 pm
Re: Strip: Is a fill coat recommended?
robert l -- 3/19/2012, 9:36 pm
Re: Strip: Is a fill coat recommended?
Robert N Pruden -- 3/20/2012, 12:14 am
Re: Strip: Is a fill coat recommended?
Bill Hamm -- 3/20/2012, 1:44 am
Re: Strip: Is a fill coat recommended?
Ian Johnson -- 3/20/2012, 6:41 am
Re: Strip: Is a fill coat recommended?
William Mayberry -- 3/20/2012, 8:57 am
Re: Strip: Is a fill coat recommended? *PIC*
Andrew T -- 3/20/2012, 7:40 pm
Re: Strip: Is a fill coat recommended?
Bryan K -- 3/20/2012, 9:12 am
Re: Strip: Is a fill coat recommended?
Andrew T -- 3/20/2012, 7:29 pm
Re: Strip: Is a fill coat recommended?
Paul Davies -- 3/20/2012, 7:39 pm
Re: Strip: Is a fill coat recommended?
Robert N Pruden -- 3/21/2012, 7:32 pm
Re: Strip: Is a fill coat recommended?
Jay Babina -- 3/21/2012, 8:43 am
Re: Strip: Is a fill coat recommended?
Bill Hamm -- 3/22/2012, 1:38 am
Re: Strip: Is a fill coat recommended?
Jay Babina -- 3/22/2012, 2:05 pm
Re: Strip: Is a fill coat recommended?
Robert N Pruden -- 3/23/2012, 1:48 pm
Jay...a question
Robert N Pruden -- 3/23/2012, 1:51 pm
Re: Strip: Is a fill coat recommended?
Al Edie -- 3/21/2012, 4:46 pm