Boat Building Forum

Find advice on all aspects of building your own kayak, canoe or any lightweight boats

Re: How much epoxy to fill the weave?
By:L.C.
Date: 7/11/1998, 6:14 pm
In Response To: Re: How much epoxy to fill the weave? (Rob Cochrane)

>

> Here is the solution. Take your roller and go outside. Face West
> and throw it as far as possible.:)-

> Now drive to the local paint /tile/ autobody shop and purchase
> a PVC squeegy this can then be used to apply the epoxy.

> A roller works by repeatedly lifting and depositing epoxy. What
> you want to is put it down and level it. Even a brush is better than
> a roller.

> The bean counters of the world will say you waste too much epoxy
> with a squeege but I have never needed more than two coats including
> the original irrespective of the weight of cloth. This is up to 450g
> I put on a 6m power boat.

> Rob

Gee, thats what I did with the *^&%$# Squeegee except I tossed it east!!. all it did for me was leave tracks, pull the cloth and waste lots of epoxy. I found the right roller cover and how to use it and along with a bubble roller, I now get near perfect results, even wet out, no runs, no tracks and a minimum of epoxy used.

It works for me, Larry

Messages In This Thread

How much epoxy to fill the weave?
Jim Hollister -- 7/10/1998, 8:52 am
Re: How much epoxy to fill the weave?
Rob Cochrane -- 7/11/1998, 9:37 am
Re: How much epoxy to fill the weave?
L.C. -- 7/11/1998, 6:14 pm
Re: How much epoxy to fill the weave?
Marty Hangarter -- 7/22/1998, 12:45 pm
the right roller cover is...
jim champoux -- 7/22/1998, 10:31 am
Re: the right roller cover is...
Nick Schade -- 7/22/1998, 4:49 pm
Re: How much epoxy to fill the weave?
Scotty -- 7/22/1998, 2:56 am
Re: How much epoxy to fill the weave?
Scotty -- 7/22/1998, 4:44 am
Telegraphing
Paul Jacobson -- 7/11/1998, 1:19 am
Re: How much epoxy to fill the weave?
Guy Wright -- 7/10/1998, 1:41 pm
Re: How much epoxy to fill the weave?
Mike Scarborough -- 7/10/1998, 9:03 am