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Re: Epoxy: Second Fill Coat on Hull
By:JohnAbercrombie
Date: 10/24/2016, 1:27 pm
In Response To: Re: Epoxy: Second Fill Coat on Hull (Dan Caouette (CSCWC))

chip brushes shed a lot of bristles

They sure do! For general epoxy work, I trim the bristles shorter, and try to get loose bristles out - but they still fall out into the work. I keep a couple of 'working brushes' in a pickle jar with some solvent between uses - toward the end of their life they shed fewer bristles. (End of life= forgotten on bench until epoxy sets up in them...)
Having a few long (dressmaker) pins or a very sharp awl or pointed scalpel handy for picking bristles out of clear epoxy areas is a must if using a bristle brush, IME. The cheap foam brushes I've used are too 'floppy' once they get loaded with epoxy, so are strictly for (dry) tipping-off.
About the only areas I clear coat with epoxy these days are cockpit coamings, and those get a good sanding and then LPU clear coat, so I can afford to make more mistakes. I'm humbled when I see some of the great epoxy over wood kayaks out there.

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Epoxy: Second Fill Coat on Hull
Wesley -- 10/22/2016, 2:23 pm
Re: Epoxy: Second Fill Coat on Hull
Marc Upchurch -- 10/22/2016, 7:46 pm
Re: Epoxy: Second Fill Coat on Hull
Etienne Muller -- 10/23/2016, 5:17 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 10/23/2016, 9:44 am
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Etienne Muller -- 10/23/2016, 11:18 am
Re: Epoxy: Second Fill Coat on Hull
Marc Upchurch -- 10/23/2016, 11:27 am
Re: Epoxy: Second Fill Coat on Hull
scottbaxter -- 10/23/2016, 2:04 pm
Re: Epoxy: Second Fill Coat on Hull
Dan Thaler -- 10/23/2016, 5:44 pm
Re: Epoxy: Second Fill Coat on Hull
JohnAbercrombie -- 10/23/2016, 6:36 pm
Re: Epoxy: Second Fill Coat on Hull
Dan Thaler -- 10/23/2016, 6:49 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 10/23/2016, 7:02 pm
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upchurchmr -- 10/23/2016, 6:53 pm
Re: Epoxy: Second Fill Coat on Hull
Dan Thaler -- 10/23/2016, 7:00 pm
Re: Epoxy: Second Fill Coat on Hull
JohnAbercrombie -- 10/23/2016, 7:00 pm
Re: Epoxy: Second Fill Coat on Hull
scottbaxter -- 10/23/2016, 10:32 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/23/2016, 11:39 pm
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Bob Borovicka -- 10/24/2016, 6:25 am
Re: Epoxy: Second Fill Coat on Hull
upchurchmr -- 10/23/2016, 6:48 pm
Re: Epoxy: Second Fill Coat on Hull
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 10/23/2016, 8:21 pm
Re: Epoxy: Second Fill Coat on Hull
Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 10/24/2016, 10:50 am
Re: Epoxy: Second Fill Coat on Hull *PIC*
JohnAbercrombie -- 10/24/2016, 1:19 pm
Re: Epoxy: Second Fill Coat on Hull
Etienne Muller -- 10/24/2016, 2:47 pm
Re: Epoxy: Second Fill Coat on Hull
JohnAbercrombie -- 10/24/2016, 1:27 pm
Re: Epoxy: Chip Brushes
Marc Upchurch -- 10/24/2016, 4:07 pm
Re: Epoxy: Second Fill Coat on Hull
Bill Hamm -- 10/25/2016, 12:20 am
Re: Epoxy: Second Fill Coat on Hull
Bill Hamm -- 10/25/2016, 12:29 am
Re: Epoxy: Second Fill Coat on Hull
Etienne Muller -- 10/25/2016, 3:48 am
Re: Epoxy: Second Fill Coat on Hull
Bill Hamm -- 10/25/2016, 6:12 am
Re: Epoxy: Second Fill Coat on Hull
dave koslow -- 10/25/2016, 1:04 pm
Re: Epoxy: Loose Bristles
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 10/25/2016, 9:26 am
Re: Epoxy: Loose Bristles
Wesley -- 11/18/2016, 1:05 pm