: I think my total suspicion about the reality of the method is in the
: practical ratio of it to work. I've been adding graphite to the epoxy
: which I make my seats from for years and it's not slippery and actually
: very hard to sand. It seems like you would have to add enough so it is
: actually chalky and rubs off easily to do any good. Pedro wanted to know
: about getting black using graphite. I think if there is enough in there
: where you are getting black, then it is lubricating. Maybe if you had
: scientific testing equipment to test a graphite filled epoxy surface vs. a
: clean one, the graphite surface might build less heat during abrasion or
: more. But to assume that you are going to be able to drag your kayak up a
: rocky beach with no scratches is just fantasy. I think I would be
: convinced if I saw that application regularly used on other products. It
: is a nice blackening agent however.
: I'm going to aks the people at WEST SYSTEMS and see what they say. I'll post
: it.

My greenlander's on the roof of the car right now. I'll get pix and post them. 3 years of dragging it over a gravel beach at least weekly and only slight scratches. Orriginally I was trying to make it fail, in the last year or so I gave up since it wasn't happening.

Bill H.