> I am about to start work on my first boat, a CLC-LT17, in my living room.
> Unfortunatly my living room is only 14 feet long, so I have laid out
> particle board, to cover the carpet, into my kitchen/dining area. I've
> resolved myself to the fact that I will be living in camper size
> accommodations but that doesn't bother me, not yet anyway. I plan to erect
> a temporary wall, with a door, that I can seal to the wall and ceiling
> using that spray foam sealer- you get in a can- to keep all the odors and
> dust of the epoxys from spreading to the rest of the small house I am
> renting (I suppose I should inform the landlords!)By using plastic strips
> on the ceiling and walls, I will not damage anything (I hope.) Anyway,
> I've got two fans that I plan to set up by the livingroom window: the
> lower one blowing clean air in and the upper fan, set on a plywood stand,
> blowing the contaminated air(fumes) outside. I think this will work. Is
> there anyone out there who has tried this and lived to tell about it? (not
> the informing the landlord part, but will I be successful in keeping the
> eau-de-kayak contained to my labratory, and will I be able to breathe?)I
> know this sounds insane but some times
> you-just-do-what-you-got-to-do-with-what-you-got.

Go with what you got... I love it.

I will only comment on the vapors not the ventilation...

I used two different kinds of epoxy in my project. The first was Smith's Penetrating Epoxy, to seal the wood, and the second was Fiberlay's Medium speed resin and hardener. The principle difference in the two was the relative content of sovlent to solids.

The penetrating epoxy was 30% solids, and 70% VOC's, meaning it penetrated the wood quite well and stunk up the basement so badly, we almost had to move out of the house for the weekend. It made my whole family sick and nearly cost me my *ss and my boat. This stuff is an outdoor toy.

The Fiberlay epoxy was used to saturate the glass throughout the boat, and had virtually NO smell, not volatile, not stinky, barely detectable. I used it indoors, *ahem*, sans respirator, with no ill effects to me or my family living above.

I would not survive another application of the penetrating stuff indoors, my wife would kill me. The other stuff is ok, in my house.

Ed Valley