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Re: Paddle: Glassing paddle
By:Jay
Date: 2/24/2015, 11:15 pm
In Response To: Re: Paddle: Glassing paddle (JohnAbercrombie)

New problem: I applied glass to the concave surface of the paddle and it wet out perfectly with West 105/207. About 8 hrs later, when I applied a fill coat (second coat) to attempt to fill the weave of the cloth, the epoxy sort of beaded up, leaving multiple dry spots where the weave was still visible, and the cloth essentially could not be filled in those spots. No matter how much I brushed over it either with a brush or a credit card the same spots remained dry. This occurred on both paddle blades. I'm sure I will have to sand this coat off and apply additional epoxy to fill but I have no idea what happened. Any thoughts or advice?

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Paddle: Glassing paddle
Jay Stallman -- 2/20/2015, 4:42 pm
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scottbaxter -- 2/20/2015, 10:46 pm
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Jay Stallman -- 2/21/2015, 6:13 am
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scottbaxter -- 2/21/2015, 8:33 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 2/21/2015, 10:15 am
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Jay Stallman -- 2/21/2015, 1:03 pm
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Nick Riccardi -- 2/21/2015, 4:11 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 2/21/2015, 7:05 pm
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Jay -- 2/23/2015, 7:46 am
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Jay -- 2/23/2015, 7:50 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 2/23/2015, 11:57 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 2/23/2015, 12:01 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/24/2015, 2:38 am
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Jay -- 2/24/2015, 11:15 pm
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scottbaxter -- 2/24/2015, 11:38 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/25/2015, 12:56 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/25/2015, 1:12 am
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Jay Stallman -- 2/25/2015, 6:11 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 2/25/2015, 1:55 pm
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Jay -- 2/25/2015, 2:06 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 2/26/2015, 12:09 am
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Jay Stallman -- 2/26/2015, 7:23 am
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Etienne Muller -- 2/26/2015, 9:00 am
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Jay -- 3/1/2015, 6:01 am
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Etienne Muller -- 3/1/2015, 8:28 am
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Jay -- 3/1/2015, 9:21 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/1/2015, 9:29 am
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Jay -- 3/1/2015, 10:11 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/2/2015, 12:05 am
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Roy Martin -- 3/2/2015, 6:02 am
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Jay Stallman -- 3/2/2015, 7:05 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/3/2015, 1:28 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/3/2015, 2:22 am
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Jay Stallman -- 3/3/2015, 8:38 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/3/2015, 9:40 am
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Jay Stallman -- 3/3/2015, 12:51 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 3/2/2015, 1:23 am
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Jay Stallman -- 3/2/2015, 7:03 am
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Les Cheeseman -- 3/14/2015, 4:46 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 2/25/2015, 4:58 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/26/2015, 12:43 am