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Re: Strip: Top View of Tub
By:Mike Savage
Date: 6/10/2011, 3:39 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: Top View of Tub (Brian Scarborough)

: Rob,

: On my GP14 sailboat forum, there has been discussion of epoxy
: sensitivity, and I have heard that now they are building the
: GP14 out of epoxy, instead of vinylester resin and gel coat,
: that some people with epoxy sensitivity are having problems
: touching (sitting on?) their new epoxy boats.

: I wonder if that's a good reason to paint that tub with some form
: of varnish, or maybe Dura-Tuff polyurethane?

: Brian

Hi Brian,
Once epoxy is fully cured, it shouldn't cause any reaction on contact. Unless the hulls are shipped before they're fully cured. Varnishing/painting an epoxy GP14 would be a good idea anyway.

Rob, nice work. A tub like that takes up a lot less room than a standard one.

Mike Savage
South West Cork

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Top View of Tub *NM* *PIC*
Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 6/9/2011, 1:04 pm
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randy knauff -- 6/9/2011, 1:35 pm
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Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 6/9/2011, 1:57 pm
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Brian Scarborough -- 6/9/2011, 8:07 pm
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Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 6/9/2011, 9:34 pm
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Kenneth Sutherland -- 6/9/2011, 10:58 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 6/10/2011, 1:22 am
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Mike Savage -- 6/10/2011, 3:39 pm
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Noel Bennett -- 6/9/2011, 5:12 pm
Very nice!! *NM*
Dave Gentry -- 6/9/2011, 9:15 pm
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Bill VerSteeg -- 6/10/2011, 12:25 pm
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Mike Savage -- 6/10/2011, 3:42 pm