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Re: Material: Squeegees
By:Mike Bielski
Date: 12/5/2012, 10:35 pm
In Response To: Material: Squeegees (Jack Hawkins)

Those are too stiff. They'll likely damage your glass. Going to an auto parts store and getting auto body filler spreaders is just about as cheap, and it's the right tool for the job. The 3M Dynatron ones are noticeably different from the generics. They're more supple, and you have more control, and the dried epoxy comes off from them easier. You flex the spreader, it cracks the epoxy, you peel it off cleanly. The plastic ones for drywall and spackling don't flex and the epoxy will stick to them.

I am not endorsing the supplier, the price is not listed. It's simply a link with a photo and description. You can probably find them at your local auto parts store or painter's supply store just as easily. Here I can buy singles of any size loose instead of in a blister pack for about the same price as one of the plastic spreaders you're talking about.

http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_dynatron-yellow-spreaders--3-pack-assorted-3m_22987712-p

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Material: Squeegees
Jack Hawkins -- 12/5/2012, 4:50 pm
Re: Material: Squeegees *PIC*
Etienne Muller -- 12/5/2012, 5:12 pm
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Jack Hawkins -- 12/5/2012, 5:54 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 12/5/2012, 6:36 pm
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Kurt Maurer -- 12/5/2012, 6:42 pm
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Jeff Horton -- 12/5/2012, 7:14 pm
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woodman -- 12/5/2012, 8:01 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/6/2012, 2:52 am
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 12/6/2012, 11:30 am
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Jack Hawkins -- 12/6/2012, 3:19 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 12/6/2012, 4:52 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 12/5/2012, 10:35 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/6/2012, 2:58 am
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Mike Bielski -- 12/6/2012, 8:52 am
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Bill Hamm -- 12/6/2012, 12:21 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 12/6/2012, 9:34 am
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Etienne Muller -- 12/6/2012, 10:59 am
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Jack Hawkins -- 12/6/2012, 4:39 pm
Automotive Paint & Body Supply
Kurt Maurer -- 12/6/2012, 7:12 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 12/7/2012, 5:01 am
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Mike Bielski -- 12/7/2012, 12:14 am
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Bill Hamm -- 12/7/2012, 10:48 am
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Jack Hawkins -- 12/10/2012, 10:36 am
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Bill Hamm -- 12/11/2012, 1:37 am
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Bill Hamm -- 12/13/2012, 11:17 am
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Jack Hawkins -- 12/13/2012, 11:27 am
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Bill Hamm -- 12/14/2012, 3:50 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 12/7/2012, 10:49 am
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Mike Bielski -- 12/7/2012, 9:34 pm
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Will Nettles -- 12/8/2012, 1:02 pm