Boat Building Forum

Find advice on all aspects of building your own kayak, canoe or any lightweight boats

Re: Epoxy: What about the basement
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 12/14/2011, 2:24 am
In Response To: Re: Epoxy: What about the basement (Scott Shurlow)

: My basement would work except for the fumes. I've never used epoxy
: so I don't know how many fumes there are. My basement is
: completely sealed (the vents are foamed over). Are the fumes
: going to be an issue if I do this in my basement?

Hi Scott,

My shop is in my basement and I never smell a thing in the house. The fumes from epoxy are nothing like polyester, thankfully.

Someone here, forget who sorry, had a good idea of using a small fan, like a bathroom exhaust fan in the basement exhausting to the outside to draw a tiny vacuum on the basement so that any airflow would be into the basement rather than into the house. Should totally eliminate any smells seeping into the house as well as keeping the dust out of the house too.

Btw, I don't have one of these fans yet and I still don't smell anything upstairs even after extensive use of epoxy in the basement.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Epoxy: winter cold
Scott Shurlow -- 12/13/2011, 7:30 am
Re: Epoxy: winter cold
John Messinger -- 12/13/2011, 7:57 am
Re: Epoxy: winter cold
Jay Babina -- 12/13/2011, 8:15 am
Re: Epoxy: winter cold
Scott Shurlow -- 12/13/2011, 8:33 am
Re: Epoxy: winter cold
Bob Beaullieu -- 12/13/2011, 12:57 pm
Re: Epoxy: winter cold
Jay Babina -- 12/16/2011, 9:11 am
Re: Epoxy: What about the basement
Scott Shurlow -- 12/13/2011, 3:28 pm
Re: Epoxy: What about the basement
Bob Beaullieu -- 12/13/2011, 4:07 pm
Re: Epoxy: What about the basement
Bill Hamm -- 12/14/2011, 2:24 am
Re: Epoxy: What about the basement
Brian Nystrom -- 12/14/2011, 6:53 am
Re: Epoxy: What about the basement
Bill Hamm -- 12/15/2011, 2:47 am
Re: Epoxy: What about the basement
les cheeseman -- 12/14/2011, 11:42 am
Re: Epoxy: What about the basement
ancient kayaker -- 12/14/2011, 3:39 pm
Re: Epoxy: What about the basement
Bill Hamm -- 12/15/2011, 2:50 am
Re: Epoxy: What about the basement
Bill Hamm -- 12/15/2011, 2:49 am
Re: Epoxy: What about the basement
Mike Savage -- 12/15/2011, 9:00 am
Re: Epoxy: What about the basement
Bill Hamm -- 12/18/2011, 2:44 am
Re: Epoxy: What about the basement
Mike Savage -- 12/19/2011, 5:04 pm
Re: Epoxy: What about the basement
Roy Martin -- 12/15/2011, 5:53 am
Re: Epoxy: What about the basement
les cheeseman -- 12/15/2011, 9:51 am
Re: Epoxy: What about the basement *PIC*
Yostwerks -- 12/15/2011, 11:49 am
Re: Epoxy: What about the basement
Bill Hamm -- 12/18/2011, 2:46 am
Re: Epoxy: What about the basement
Kirk Fredericks -- 12/15/2011, 1:27 pm
Re: Epoxy: What about the basement
Bill VerSteeg -- 12/15/2011, 2:22 pm
Re: Epoxy: What about the basement
Paul Sylvester -- 12/17/2011, 8:50 am