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Re: Epoxy: Peel Ply- anyone use it?
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 4/27/2011, 11:11 am
In Response To: Epoxy: Peel Ply- anyone use it? (Malcolm Schweizer)

: Hello all,

: I am wondering if anyone here has used peel ply in their layups and
: if so is it effective? Would it reduce the weight of a layup by
: not having to do as much fill-coat?

If you could find a material that would adapt to the tight curves of a kayak, ie: a soft fairly loose weave, it should work quite well. Allows you to squeegie the excess resin out of the laminate and prohibits air from getting to the resin so following coats bond just like the surface was just laid up. It does impart the weave pattern to the glass though, so you don't want to use it on the outer most fill coat, don't know why you'd want to anyway ;)

Bill H.

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Epoxy: Peel Ply- anyone use it?
Malcolm Schweizer -- 4/27/2011, 10:43 am
Re: Epoxy: Peel Ply- anyone use it?
Bill Hamm -- 4/27/2011, 11:11 am
Re: Epoxy: Peel Ply- anyone use it?
Bill Hamm -- 4/27/2011, 11:14 am
Re: Epoxy: Peel Ply- anyone use it?
Reg Lake -- 4/27/2011, 11:29 am
Re: Epoxy: Peel Ply- anyone use it?
Bill Hamm -- 4/27/2011, 1:09 pm
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JeffHouser -- 4/29/2011, 11:01 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/30/2011, 7:20 am
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Niven Paine -- 4/27/2011, 4:28 pm
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Steve Hill -- 4/27/2011, 5:00 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 4/27/2011, 5:47 pm
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Kurt Maurer -- 4/27/2011, 6:52 pm
Re: Epoxy: Peel Ply- anyone use it?
Steve Hill -- 4/28/2011, 2:26 am
Re: Epoxy: Peel Ply- anyone use it?
Malcolm Schweizer -- 4/28/2011, 2:59 am
Re: Epoxy: Peel Ply- anyone use it?
Bill Hamm -- 4/28/2011, 7:29 am
Re: Epoxy: Peel Ply- anyone use it?
Bryan Hansel -- 4/27/2011, 9:06 pm
Re: Epoxy: Peel Ply- anyone use it?
Allan -- 4/28/2011, 3:12 am
Re: Epoxy: Peel Ply- anyone use it?
Al Edie -- 4/29/2011, 9:42 pm