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Re: S&G: sealing optins other than epoxy
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 10/27/2011, 3:50 am
In Response To: Re: S&G: sealing optins other than epoxy (Mike Bielski)

: First of all, oil sounds like an inefficient mess. I wouldn't
: consider it.

: In Thomas Hill's book Ultralight Boatbuilding, where he shows
: building boats of plywood, he uses epoxy/glass on the bottom for
: abrasion resistance. For the rest, he states very clearly- epoxy
: is for gluing things, paint is for painting things. He details
: multi-year abuse tests on marine plywood that have not failed,
: and says that Paint is all you need. He's not building
: stitch-and-glue, in general he's building lapstrake, so you'll
: have some necessity for fiberglass/epoxy fillets, but you will
: probably be fine painting everywhere else.

: m

Hi Mike,

>>he states very clearly- epoxy is for gluing things, paint is for painting things

Messages In This Thread

S&G: sealing optins other than epoxy
Craig Robinson -- 10/26/2011, 2:00 am
Re: S&G: sealing optins other than epoxy
Mike Savage -- 10/26/2011, 2:13 pm
Re: S&G: sealing optins other than epoxy
Mike Bielski -- 10/26/2011, 2:28 pm
Re: S&G: sealing optins other than epoxy
Bill Hamm -- 10/27/2011, 3:50 am
Re: S&G: sealing optins other than epoxy
ancient kayaker -- 10/26/2011, 11:06 pm
Re: S&G: sealing optins other than epoxy
Craig Robinson -- 10/27/2011, 12:46 am
Re: S&G: sealing optins other than epoxy
Bill Hamm -- 10/27/2011, 3:55 am
Re: S&G: sealing optins other than epoxy
StephenHJ -- 10/27/2011, 1:02 pm