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Epoxy: air bubbles and other issues HELP
By:JJ Atkinson
Date: 3/26/2003, 1:39 pm

I have just finished glassing the inside of my hull and there are a few small (dime to quarter size) spots that look like the glass has pulled away from the wood, leaving air under the glass. I am not worried about the asthetics, but is this going to cause any structural issues? How should I deal with this?

Second question. The outside of my hull looks a bit milky. I have done one or two fill coats and have tried very hard to avoid blush and introducing air bubbles. What would be the cause/solution for this? Will sanding and more fill coats likely solve the problem?

Thanks again for all the help.

JJ

PS. Any good pages describing the process of building a composite coaming? I want to do the entire thing (riser and lip) in carbon/glass.

Messages In This Thread

Epoxy: air bubbles and other issues HELP
JJ Atkinson -- 3/26/2003, 1:39 pm
Re: Epoxy: air bubbles and other issues HELP
Mike and Rikki -- 3/26/2003, 2:48 pm
Re: Epoxy: air bubbles and other issues HELP *LINK*
Kurt Loup, Baton Rouge -- 3/26/2003, 1:48 pm