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Re: Epoxy: Sanding fiberglass and epoxy
By:fred Gasper
Date: 1/8/2008, 9:08 pm
In Response To: Epoxy: Sanding fiberglass and epoxy (Shaun)

Adding to Glen's comments, a surform tool, the curved face inexpensive one, is great for taking care of rough sections on the inside seams.

: I have my strip built kayak all together now, applied the last of the
: fiberglass today on the outside seam. Now I need to sand everything smooth
: and feather the edges of the tape. I was using regular dry sandpaper, and
: it seems to get completely gunked up almost immediately. If I were to keep
: going like this I'd probably use 30 sheets. Is there a better method for
: sanding than this? If I wet sand with water will this eliminate or
: minimize the gunking up of sandpaper?

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Epoxy: Sanding fiberglass and epoxy
Shaun -- 1/8/2008, 8:05 pm
Re: Epoxy: Sanding fiberglass and epoxy
Shaun------WebKitFormBoundarydVVq+AkKF+NDgj9d -- 1/12/2008, 11:00 am
Ain't it lovely when you use the correct tool
Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/12/2008, 4:21 pm
Could be blush------WebKitFormBoundary7KwtG0+1jge7
Jay Babina------WebKitFormBoundary7KwtG0+1jge7S+29 -- 1/10/2008, 7:52 am
Re: Epoxy: Sanding fiberglass and epoxy
Aaron -- 1/9/2008, 9:08 pm
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Shaun------WebKitFormBoundarydVVq+AkKF+NDgj9d -- 1/9/2008, 7:20 pm
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Mike Savage -- 1/9/2008, 10:44 pm
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Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 1/9/2008, 8:54 am
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Doug Smith -- 1/13/2008, 12:36 pm
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Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 1/13/2008, 5:20 pm
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Ken F -- 1/9/2008, 8:10 am
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Bill Hamm -- 1/13/2008, 1:39 am
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/8/2008, 9:49 pm
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Dave Houser -- 1/8/2008, 9:47 pm
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fred Gasper -- 1/8/2008, 9:08 pm
Re: Epoxy: Sanding fiberglass and epoxy------WebKi
Shaun------WebKitFormBoundarydVVq+AkKF+NDgj9d -- 1/8/2008, 9:11 pm
Re: Epoxy: Sanding fiberglass and epoxy
Glen Smith -- 1/8/2008, 8:17 pm
Re: Epoxy: Sanding fiberglass and epoxy
Paula -- 1/14/2008, 12:25 pm
Oops, forgot to mention "Blush"
Glen Smith -- 1/8/2008, 8:30 pm