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Re: Deck rigging- Anaerobic polyester cure...
By:Mark Kanzler
Date: 5/29/1998, 1:01 pm

What is "kitty hair"?

For George: Do you melt te wax and mis into the resin?

> Could you elaborate a bit on the wax? As in what type and where
> one would find recommended wax addition quantities to double? I'm
> not being sarcastic btw, I've just never seen anything about adding
> wax to it.

> Also, are there any advantages of adding wax over using saran
> wrap, or wax paper for that matter? The saran wrap is handy for autobody
> work because it allows you to work the mess without getting stuck
> to it and having it lift off the metal. Especially handy when working
> with kitty hair. When it comes to sticking to metal (did I mention
> my experience with the stuff is autobody?), polyester resin seems
> to resent being forced onto it, far prefering to stick to you or painted
> areas. So the saran wrap does a nice job of semi taming the stuff.
> The curing changes were something I noticed, and only later read about.
> Most of the advice for using coverings had to do with shaping it and
> working it into crevises or tight bends and such.

Messages In This Thread

Re: Deck rigging- Anaerobic polyester cure...
NPenney -- 5/29/1998, 7:40 am
Re: Deck rigging- Anaerobic polyester cure...
Mark Kanzler -- 5/29/1998, 1:01 pm
Re: Deck rigging- Anaerobic polyester cure...
NPenney -- 6/1/1998, 7:59 am