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S&G: uh oh! fill coat trouble??
By:Renee
Date: 1/8/2008, 11:22 am

hey everybody. nice to finally have an excuse to post here. this forum has helped me alot already throughout building my first kayak.

my fiance just built a night heron stitch and glue kayak, and i started building my own a couple of months ago. i used the pieces that came with his kit to trace pieces of my own. mu-uh-ah-ha-ha!

but i screwed up during glassing. the parts are together and all, and the hull and deck are glassed. then after i did that we went to maine for the week after christmas and now the epoxy is cured. i used "silvertip laminating epoxy" from system three with the slow hardener, so i don't think it blushed. what should i do about fill coats? if i used fairing compound instead of only epoxy to fill the fiberglass weave would the process be any different? i tried searching the forums, but i'm still a little vague on how to deal with this

happy kayak building!

Messages In This Thread

S&G: uh oh! fill coat trouble??
Renee -- 1/8/2008, 11:22 am
Re: S&G: uh oh! fill coat trouble??
Mike Scarborough -- 1/8/2008, 11:46 am
Re: S&G: uh oh! fill coat trouble??
Renee -- 1/8/2008, 2:33 pm
Thanks!
Mike Scarborough -- 1/8/2008, 2:43 pm
Re: Thanks!
Renee -- 1/8/2008, 3:36 pm
Re: Thanks!
Ross Leidy -- 1/8/2008, 3:45 pm
Re: Thanks!
Renee -- 1/8/2008, 4:15 pm
Re: Thanks! *Pic*
Dave Houser -- 1/9/2008, 12:10 am
Re: Thanks!
Renee -- 1/9/2008, 11:07 pm
Re: Supplies
Mike Scarborough -- 1/11/2008, 9:35 am
Re: Supplies
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 1/11/2008, 11:02 am
Re: Scotchbrite and Rollers
vk1nf -- 1/8/2008, 10:05 pm
Re: Thanks!
Ross Leidy -- 1/8/2008, 8:56 pm
Re: Thanks!
Donovan -- 1/8/2008, 11:24 pm
Re: Rollers
Mike Scarborough -- 1/8/2008, 5:22 pm
Re: S&G: uh oh! fill coat trouble??
Renee -- 1/8/2008, 12:03 pm
Re: S&G: uh oh! fill coat trouble?? *LINK*
Glen Smith -- 1/8/2008, 12:11 pm
Re: S&G: uh oh! fill coat trouble??
Renee -- 1/8/2008, 12:17 pm
Re: S&G: uh oh! fill coat trouble??
Glen Smith -- 1/8/2008, 12:25 pm
thanks mike and glen
Renee -- 1/8/2008, 1:22 pm