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Pedro, what do you use to spread the thicker epoxy
By:Gini
Date: 7/29/2008, 10:21 am
In Response To: Re: Epoxy: Fill coat tricks with Raka? (Pedro Almeida)

Pedro, I'm going to try your method. Do you use a foam roller or a squeegee -- or some other method -- to get a nice smooth spread on the thickened fill coats? Thanks in advance!

: Hey Kudzu!

: I posted this the other day for Todd: I use MAS too; it's great for glass wet
: out, but a bit thin for fill coats. To avoid drips in the first place try
: "pre-promoting" your epoxy when doing fill coats. To do this,
: mix your resin with about 20% of the hardener required and let it sit for
: about half an hour. Then mix in the rest of the hardener, and apply your
: fill coat. Your epoxy won't get hard while it's sitting there with a
: portion of the hardener, it'll just get thicker. I do this with MAS and it
: works perfectly. It also requires fewer coats to fill the weave.

: Pedro Almeida

: p.s. I've never used Raka, but this trick should work for all epoxies.

Messages In This Thread

Epoxy: Fill coat tricks with Raka?
Kudzu -- 4/5/2008, 4:16 pm
Re: Epoxy: Fill coat tricks with Raka?
Dave Houser -- 4/7/2008, 1:10 am
Re: Epoxy: Fill coat tricks with Raka?
Pedro Almeida -- 4/6/2008, 12:18 am
Pedro, what do you use to spread the thicker epoxy
Gini -- 7/29/2008, 10:21 am
Re: Pedro, what do you use to spread the thicker e
Pedro Almeida -- 7/29/2008, 5:21 pm
Pedro - where do you get those bristle rollers?
Brion -- 7/29/2008, 8:24 pm
Ah-Ha! There they are! *LINK*
Pedro Almeida -- 7/29/2008, 9:36 pm
Re: Ah-Ha! There they are!
Gini -- 7/30/2008, 12:22 am
Re: Ah-Ha! There they are!
Brion -- 7/29/2008, 9:46 pm
Re: Ah-Ha! There they are!
Brion -- 7/29/2008, 9:50 pm
Re: Ah-Ha! There they are!
Pedro Almeida -- 7/30/2008, 6:03 pm
Re: Ah-Ha! There they are!
Tom Raymond -- 7/31/2008, 12:34 pm
Seal coat or not?
Pedro Almeida -- 7/31/2008, 1:06 pm
Re: Pedro - where do you get those bristle rollers
Pedro Almeida -- 7/29/2008, 9:19 pm
How about this SKU
Gini -- 7/30/2008, 12:27 am
Re: Epoxy: Fill coat tricks with Raka?
Kudzu -- 4/6/2008, 8:24 am
Re: Epoxy: Fill coat tricks with Raka?
Tim -- 7/28/2008, 11:14 am
Re: Epoxy: Fill coat tricks with Raka?
Kudzu -- 7/28/2008, 5:13 pm