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Re: Strip: Big repair time.
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 8/30/2011, 3:21 am
In Response To: Strip: Big repair time. (MattD)

: I have decided to refinish my redfish King and get rid of some
: problems that have been bothering me. The issue is a significant
: amount of cloudiness on the right front quarter of my boat. It
: got cloudy there shortly after the epoxy cured and has been
: bothering me since. Perhaps my mix ratio was wrong, or maybe
: there was moisture in the mixing cups, or maybe it was a
: consequence of epoxy plus high louisiana humidity. It looks like
: I will have to reglass that quarter since I have to sand to bare
: wood to get the cloudiness out. I don't plan on reglassing the
: entire boat, so I hope this works and is cosmetically
: acceptable. I will also be patching some dents where the weave
: is visible. I have done small patches before that are
: practically invisible, but never on such a large area, so I hope
: this comes out right.

Should be fine structurally, though if it's been glassed for a long time it might be a trick to get the colors to match.

Cloudy is usually a moisture/humidity problem, though not always.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Big repair time.
MattD -- 8/29/2011, 1:27 pm
Re: Strip: Big repair time.
Bill Hamm -- 8/30/2011, 3:21 am