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Re: Aluminum info
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 5/2/2014, 11:16 am
In Response To: Re: Aluminum info (Mike Bielski)

Well as you mentioned the graphite isn't supposed to be the strong part, the silica is. I know it (the graphite) does slide easily over things that would normally damage gelcoat (my test boat is fiberglass) and the combination of graphite and silica in epoxy is more damage resistant than the gelcoat (which isn't terribly damage resistant). In about a 5 year time (I forget exactly when I put this on that boat) the coating still hasn't worn through and I've tried to wear it off.

Bill H.

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Epoxy: Aluminum Powder
Mike Bielski -- 4/29/2014, 6:24 pm
Re: Epoxy: Aluminum Powder
Bill Hamm -- 4/30/2014, 12:45 am
Re: Epoxy: Aluminum Powder
Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 4/30/2014, 10:24 am
Re: Epoxy: Aluminum Powder
Mike Bielski -- 4/30/2014, 10:28 am
Re: Aluminum info
Mike Bielski -- 4/30/2014, 3:42 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 4/30/2014, 3:48 pm
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A. Edie -- 5/1/2014, 2:36 pm
Re: Aluminum info
Bill Hamm -- 5/2/2014, 11:16 am
Re: Aluminum info
Mike Bielski -- 5/2/2014, 11:34 am
Re: Aluminum info
Bill Hamm -- 5/2/2014, 4:15 pm
Re: Aluminum info
Bill Hamm -- 5/2/2014, 4:17 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 5/2/2014, 4:32 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 5/3/2014, 7:42 am
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Mike Bielski -- 5/3/2014, 4:47 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 5/7/2014, 12:58 am
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oystercatcher -- 5/3/2014, 6:17 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 5/4/2014, 12:17 am
Re: Aluminum info
John Messinger -- 5/7/2014, 6:08 am
Re: Aluminum info
Mike Bielski -- 5/7/2014, 11:21 am
Re: Aluminum info
John Messinger -- 5/7/2014, 7:07 pm
Re: Epoxy: Aluminum Powder
lc -- 11/10/2017, 4:00 pm
Re: Epoxy: Aluminum Powder
JohnAbercrombie -- 11/10/2017, 4:33 pm
Re: Epoxy: Aluminum Powder
M A Bielski -- 11/10/2017, 11:38 pm
Re: Epoxy: Aluminum Powder
Bill Hamm -- 11/11/2017, 12:12 am
Re: Epoxy: Aluminum Powder
lc -- 11/11/2017, 3:27 pm