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Re: Epoxy: Fill coat tricks with Raka?
By:Pedro Almeida
Date: 4/6/2008, 12:18 am
In Response To: Epoxy: Fill coat tricks with Raka? (Kudzu)

Hey Kudzu!

I posted this the other day for Todd:

I use MAS too; it's great for glass wet out, but a bit thin for fill coats. To avoid drips in the first place try "pre-promoting" your epoxy when doing fill coats. To do this, mix your resin with about 20% of the hardener required and let it sit for about half an hour. Then mix in the rest of the hardener, and apply your fill coat. Your epoxy won't get hard while it's sitting there with a portion of the hardener, it'll just get thicker. I do this with MAS and it works perfectly. It also requires fewer coats to fill the weave.

Pedro Almeida

p.s. I've never used Raka, but this trick should work for all epoxies.

Messages In This Thread

Epoxy: Fill coat tricks with Raka?
Kudzu -- 4/5/2008, 4:16 pm
Re: Epoxy: Fill coat tricks with Raka?
Dave Houser -- 4/7/2008, 1:10 am
Re: Epoxy: Fill coat tricks with Raka?
Pedro Almeida -- 4/6/2008, 12:18 am
Pedro, what do you use to spread the thicker epoxy
Gini -- 7/29/2008, 10:21 am
Re: Pedro, what do you use to spread the thicker e
Pedro Almeida -- 7/29/2008, 5:21 pm
Pedro - where do you get those bristle rollers?
Brion -- 7/29/2008, 8:24 pm
Ah-Ha! There they are! *LINK*
Pedro Almeida -- 7/29/2008, 9:36 pm
Re: Ah-Ha! There they are!
Gini -- 7/30/2008, 12:22 am
Re: Ah-Ha! There they are!
Brion -- 7/29/2008, 9:46 pm
Re: Ah-Ha! There they are!
Brion -- 7/29/2008, 9:50 pm
Re: Ah-Ha! There they are!
Pedro Almeida -- 7/30/2008, 6:03 pm
Re: Ah-Ha! There they are!
Tom Raymond -- 7/31/2008, 12:34 pm
Seal coat or not?
Pedro Almeida -- 7/31/2008, 1:06 pm
Re: Pedro - where do you get those bristle rollers
Pedro Almeida -- 7/29/2008, 9:19 pm
How about this SKU
Gini -- 7/30/2008, 12:27 am
Re: Epoxy: Fill coat tricks with Raka?
Kudzu -- 4/6/2008, 8:24 am
Re: Epoxy: Fill coat tricks with Raka?
Tim -- 7/28/2008, 11:14 am
Re: Epoxy: Fill coat tricks with Raka?
Kudzu -- 7/28/2008, 5:13 pm