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Re: Should not have lissend to dad!
By:dave g
Date: 9/5/2011, 8:56 pm
In Response To: Re: Should not have lissend to dad! (Rick Jensen)

: I had similar results with a thin roller application. 150 grit
: paper on a hand block smoothed it out easier than I thought it
: would. I would avoid the power sander at this point. It's too
: easy to cut through the glass. Remember patience is a virtue.

Use a scraping tool, like a cabinet scraper drag the tool across the boat but don't allow it to chatter. This will take care of those runs rather quickly and can be done well before the epoxy is fully cured. This would be a good first step then maybe sand the whole thing by hand with 150grit and apply a final fill coat.

I didn't have any scapers so when this happened to me I used a stanley surform tool that I would highly recommend. It ripped the high spots off without touching the "boat" except in one spot. This tool worked so well for me that I didn't even have to do another fill coat.

good luck
dave g

Messages In This Thread

Epoxy: Fill Coat and glassing time line and other questio *PIC*
Jmoore -- 9/1/2011, 7:31 pm
Re: Epoxy: Fill Coat and glassing time line and ot
Etiennemuller Muller Ireland -- 9/1/2011, 8:05 pm
Re: Epoxy: Fill Coat and glassing time line and ot
Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 9/1/2011, 8:20 pm
Re: Epoxy: Fill Coat and glassing time line and ot
Eric M. -- 9/2/2011, 11:37 am
Re: Epoxy: Fill Coat and glassing time line and ot
Jmoore -- 9/2/2011, 12:49 pm
Re: Epoxy: Fill Coat and glassing time line and ot
Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 9/2/2011, 1:42 pm
Re: Epoxy: Fill Coat and glassing time line and ot
Jmoore -- 9/2/2011, 1:58 pm
Re: Epoxy: Fill Coat and glassing time line and ot
Bill Hamm -- 9/3/2011, 1:19 am
Re: Epoxy: Fill Coat and glassing time line and ot
Greg New -- 9/2/2011, 7:07 pm
Bit the bulit and just did it *PIC*
Jmoore -- 9/5/2011, 2:45 pm
Should not have lissend to dad! *PIC*
Jmoore -- 9/5/2011, 3:54 pm
Re: Should not have lissend to dad!
Rick Jensen -- 9/5/2011, 4:38 pm
Re: Should not have lissend to dad!
dave g -- 9/5/2011, 8:56 pm
Re: Should not have lissend to dad!
Etiennemuller Muller Ireland -- 9/6/2011, 5:08 am
Re: Should not have lissend to dad!
Mike Savage -- 9/6/2011, 1:43 pm
Re: Bit the bulit and just did it
Bill Hamm -- 9/6/2011, 2:00 am
Re: Bit the bulit and just did it
Sean D -- 9/6/2011, 10:32 am
Re: Bit the bulit and just did it
Jmoore -- 9/6/2011, 12:03 pm