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Re: Color (paint/stain ?)
By:Sean Dawe
Date: 2/10/2011, 3:00 pm
In Response To: Re: Color (paint/stain ?) (Duane Strosaker)

: The keel strip of thickened epoxy goes on before the paint. I have
: 2 inch tape under my keel strip, but you can go with just epoxy
: if you want. I'd never apply epoxy over paint.

I thought that maybe the black strip on your boat might've been a thickened coat of tinted epoxy.

Do you feather the edges of the tape? I've seen many people add a keel strip to their FG boats but not make them fair.

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dhwdaniels -- 2/14/2011, 2:16 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/14/2011, 2:21 pm
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John Caldeira -- 2/7/2011, 11:59 pm
Re: S&G: Humpdeck (Room for Feet)
Bill Hamm -- 2/8/2011, 12:19 am
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Duane Strosaker -- 2/8/2011, 12:31 am
Re: S&G: Humpdeck (Room for Feet)
JohnK -- 2/8/2011, 2:20 am
Re: S&G: Humpdeck (Room for Feet)
Bill Hamm -- 2/8/2011, 8:58 am
Color (paint/stain ?)
Hugo Varotto -- 2/8/2011, 9:20 am
Re: Color (paint/stain ?)
Duane Strosaker -- 2/8/2011, 11:42 am
Re: Color (paint/stain ?)
Hugo Varotto -- 2/8/2011, 11:47 am
Re: Color (paint/stain ?)
Duane Strosaker -- 2/8/2011, 12:07 pm
Re: Color (paint/stain ?)
Hugo Varotto -- 2/8/2011, 3:10 pm
Re: Color (paint/stain ?)
Sean Dawe -- 2/10/2011, 8:16 am
Re: Color (paint/stain ?)
Duane Strosaker -- 2/10/2011, 2:16 pm
Re: Color (paint/stain ?)
Sean Dawe -- 2/10/2011, 3:00 pm
Re: Color (paint/stain ?)
Bill Hamm -- 2/10/2011, 3:15 pm
Re: Color (paint/stain ?)
Duane Strosaker -- 2/10/2011, 3:39 pm
Re: S&G: Humpdeck (Room for Feet)
Robert N Pruden -- 2/8/2011, 9:42 am