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Re: Strip: Building Bjorn Thomasson's Frej
By:JohnAbercrombie
Date: 4/9/2013, 12:32 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: Building Bjorn Thomasson's Frej (Bill Hamm)

Remember one thing, epoxy is temperature sensitive, having a black bottom is one thing, having a black deck is something else entirely. You can very easily reach the temperature where the epoxy will start to lose strength.

It is true that the polyester-family resins are more heat resistant than most of the epoxies we use - I guess that's why those Tahe and other 'black' Greenland-style boats don't fall apart on the roof racks?

I wonder what the difference in heat absorption is between a dark WRC wood deck and one that's finished 'black'? I'm sure there's data out there somewhere.

Perhaps more of a problem for folks 'down South'? I usually have to 'remember' to run the A/C in the car a few times each summer, and most houses here (Vancouver Island) don't have A/C, so our 'frying eggs on the sidewalk' opportunities are very few.

Some info about the heat and strength issue is at:
http://www.westsystem.com/ss/assets/Uploads/04-Heat.pdf

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JohnAbercrombie -- 3/31/2013, 9:53 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 3/31/2013, 10:16 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 4/1/2013, 10:34 pm
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Ralph Merriman -- 4/4/2013, 2:55 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 4/4/2013, 4:11 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 4/8/2013, 12:33 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 4/8/2013, 12:46 pm
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Erik Jensen -- 4/8/2013, 9:58 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 4/8/2013, 10:38 pm
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Erik Jensen -- 4/8/2013, 11:41 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/9/2013, 2:32 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 4/9/2013, 12:32 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/10/2013, 12:46 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 4/20/2013, 12:03 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 4/20/2013, 12:13 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 4/20/2013, 12:18 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 4/20/2013, 12:22 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 6/17/2013, 12:08 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 6/17/2013, 12:12 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 6/17/2013, 12:17 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 6/17/2013, 12:21 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 6/17/2013, 12:24 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 6/18/2013, 1:24 am
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Jay Babina -- 6/18/2013, 3:40 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 6/18/2013, 9:20 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 6/18/2013, 9:41 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 6/18/2013, 9:50 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 6/18/2013, 9:54 pm
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Björn Thomasson -- 6/19/2013, 5:20 pm
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Paul Davies -- 6/19/2013, 8:21 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 6/20/2013, 3:00 pm
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Björn Thomasson -- 6/20/2013, 3:53 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 7/2/2013, 1:21 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 7/2/2013, 1:25 pm
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Don Goss -- 7/6/2013, 11:29 pm
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Sean Dawe -- 4/23/2013, 9:12 am