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Re: Epoxy: Wood Seal Coat before glassing....
By:Bob Beaullieu
Date: 12/2/2011, 1:01 pm
In Response To: Re: Epoxy: Wood Seal Coat before glassing.... (Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K)

: The surface roughness you experience will be raised wood grain.

: I wet down my wood surface before each sanding so I don't get much
: if any raised grain
: since the wood grain get at least four chances to raise before I do
: a seal coat.

: My seal coat is applied with temperatures dropping to take
: advantage of the wood pores
: sucking in air to also pull in resin. So, I would not remove resin
: since the wood will absorb
: it over an undetermined period of time.

: I can imagine someone who is using a fast hardener for their seal
: coat, trying to wipe it
: down with paper towels and having them stick to the boat. Ouch!

: And I apply a pretty thin coat of resin to start with. Yes, the
: wood will absorb the resin at
: different rates in different areas. Some spots may look dry and
: others glossy.
: I don't touch it. When it's tack free I glass it.

: So if you applied a thick dripping coat of epoxy it might be a good
: thing.

: If you apply the right amount with a roller, the surface will look
: wet without an apparent
: thickness to the coating. There will be no need to "tip
: off" the coating.

: Rob

Rob,

Thanks for your thoughts and your technique. Since I'm going to build one of your designs next (FireStar), I will take your approach and see if I can get the kind of results you seem to get..

Bob

Messages In This Thread

Epoxy: Wood Seal Coat before glassing....
Bob Beaullieu -- 12/2/2011, 12:20 pm
Re: Epoxy: Wood Seal Coat before glassing....
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 12/2/2011, 12:50 pm
Re: Epoxy: Wood Seal Coat before glassing....
Bob Beaullieu -- 12/2/2011, 1:01 pm
Re: Epoxy: Wood Seal Coat (thinned)
Bill Mayberry -- 12/2/2011, 6:32 pm
Re: Epoxy: Wood Seal Coat (thinned)
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 12/2/2011, 10:31 pm
Re: Epoxy: Wood Seal Coat (thinned)
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 12/2/2011, 10:55 pm
Re: Epoxy: Wood Seal Coat (thinned)
Bill Mayberry -- 12/2/2011, 11:25 pm
Re: Epoxy: Wood Seal Coat (thinned)
Brian Nystrom -- 12/3/2011, 11:28 am
Re: Epoxy: Wood Seal Coat before glassing....
Dan Gallagher -- 12/3/2011, 1:36 pm
Re: Epoxy: Wood Seal Coat before glassing....
Etienne Muller -- 12/3/2011, 2:13 pm
Re: Epoxy: Wood Seal Coat before glassing....
Bill Mayberry -- 12/3/2011, 2:42 pm
Re: Epoxy: Wood Seal Coat before glassing.... *PIC*
Etienne Muller -- 12/3/2011, 3:33 pm
Re: Epoxy: Wood Seal Coat before glassing....
Rob Macks------WebKitFormBoundarykHZ7kG4ZI7WSw+7N- -- 12/3/2011, 3:42 pm
Re: Epoxy: Wood Seal Coat before glassing....
Dan Gallagher -- 12/3/2011, 4:19 pm
Re: Epoxy: Wood Seal Coat before glassing....
Etienne Muller -- 12/4/2011, 4:39 am
Re: Epoxy: Wood Seal Coat before glassing....
Jay Babina -- 12/5/2011, 9:15 am
Re: Epoxy: Wood Seal Coat before glassing....
Robert N Pruden -- 12/5/2011, 12:11 pm
Re: Epoxy: Wood Seal Coat before glassing....
Bob Beaullieu -- 12/5/2011, 1:30 pm
Re: Epoxy: Wood Seal Coat before glassing....
Bill Hamm -- 12/6/2011, 2:43 am