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Re: Epoxy: Graphite?
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 9/24/2008, 2:40 pm
In Response To: Re: Epoxy: Graphite? (Greg H)

: There is a "white graphite", it's called HBN. If you search the
: KBBB archives over just the past year or so you should find it. Dan from
: CSFW & Robert N Pruden have the most info on it, I believe....

: -Greg
: St. Paul MN

Yep, Robert guided me thru the process. Works really well, a bit time consuming to apply though, plan on all day and I do me "all" :) Takes 5 coats and each has to tack before the next is applied and you can't sand the stuff so it has to all be done one coat following the next. I used West brand resin with their 207 special hardener since it has some UV resistance. Took about 4 hours for each coat to cure to the point where you can give it another coat (with summer temps), so there was 16 hours of waiting for the stuff to cure then the time to apply the first and last coats. Figure around 20 hours, like I said all day :)

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Epoxy: Graphite?
Aaron B. -- 9/24/2008, 12:16 pm
Re: Epoxy Graphite : where ?
Tommy -- 9/25/2008, 2:18 pm
Re: Epoxy Graphite : where ?
Bill Hamm -- 9/27/2008, 1:58 am
Re: Epoxy: Graphite?
Chris Ostlind -- 9/25/2008, 11:43 am
Re: Epoxy: Graphite?
Aaron B. -- 9/25/2008, 11:58 am
Re: Epoxy: Graphite?
Bill Hamm -- 9/27/2008, 1:57 am
Re: Epoxy: Graphite?
Bill Hamm -- 9/25/2008, 10:07 am
Re: Epoxy: Graphite?
Greg H -- 9/24/2008, 12:57 pm
Re: Epoxy: Graphite?
Bill Hamm -- 9/24/2008, 2:40 pm
Re: Epoxy: Graphite?
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 9/25/2008, 9:32 am
Re: Epoxy: Graphite?
Andrew Elizaga -- 9/27/2008, 3:11 am
Re: Epoxy: Graphite?
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 9/29/2008, 8:28 am
Re: Epoxy: Graphite?
Bill Hamm -- 9/30/2008, 1:55 am
Re: Epoxy: Graphite?
Toni V -- 9/25/2008, 2:20 pm
Re: Epoxy: Graphite?
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 9/29/2008, 8:31 am
Re: Epoxy: Graphite?
Bill Hamm -- 9/25/2008, 10:05 am