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Re: S&G: Fill coat suggestions
By:Ken Sutherland
Date: 9/7/2002, 4:28 pm
In Response To: Re: S&G: Fill coat suggestions (Tom S)

Hi Tom,

I experienced the telegraphing that Paul mentioned. My buddy and I who built our boats together realized that it was happening when doing his boat (I got lucky by being a little slower, read AR, in this case). Dave did 3 or 4 fill coats and the weave was still evident, he sanded it smooth and didn't even seem to come close to the cloth. I did 2 fill coats and just a light hand sanding knocked down the weave without touching the cloth. I did one more fill coat seeing as I was in the process of overbuilding anyway :D

Happy building,

Ken

: Thanks Paul- I am using 6oz glass. I will apply one more coat and see if I
: can get the coating to a level I feel comfortable to sand back a little.
: Tom

Messages In This Thread

S&G: Fill coat suggestions
Tom S -- 9/5/2002, 3:00 pm
Re: S&G: Fill coat suggestions
Paul G. Jacobson -- 9/5/2002, 8:31 pm
Re: S&G: Fill coat suggestions
Tom S -- 9/6/2002, 3:22 pm
Re: S&G: Fill coat suggestions
Ken Sutherland -- 9/7/2002, 4:28 pm