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Re: Paddle: Glassing paddle
By:Jay
Date: 3/1/2015, 6:01 am
In Response To: Re: Paddle: Glassing paddle (Etienne Muller)

It is the West 105 with 207 hardener. It does not seem particularly thin to me and it is the same as I used on my kayak. I think you may be right about waiting too long before doing the fill coat. Anyway I have now applied it and sanded it off twice and am back down to the top of the weave again, which is visible. Somehow I'm afraid that if I do the same thing again I will get the same result for a third time. I could sand off the glass totally down to the bare wood if you think I should, or if there is some way to prepare the surface I can try another coat of epoxy. (e.g. roughening it up with coarser sandpaper - although this will cut into the glass fibers) What do you think?

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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