Dave Kruger wrote: > > The procedure I eventually developed involved preheating the room to 65 F > for an hour, preparing the resin (kept in an 80 - 90 F heated plywood box > [60 - 100 W light bulb] so it would be nicely fluid for good spreading and > wetting of the glass), and then *turning off the heat* as I laid on resin. > This caused the gases in the wood to slowly contract, sucking the resin > *into* any potential pinhole areas, I gotta tell you Dave, I have been on the rec.boats.building newsgroup for a while and have been reading about about the effects of a warm/cold environment on epoxy finishing, as well as books and sites on epoxy work and had not come across the cooling method. It is extremely clever. It probably relates to my oiling/waxing of wood parts on my furniture- I usually apply with fine sandpaper (6-8-1200) spinning very fast on my lathe causing a high temperature. The parts come out with a very hard finish which I had accounted as thining the oil and wax allowing better penetration. I think you may have touched on some others. thanks -- gabriel l romeu http://studiofurniture.com furniture, designed and constructed http://members.aol.com/romeugp paintings, photos, prints, etc. http://members.xoom.com/gabrielR a daily photo journal *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sat Mar 13 1999 - 23:30:17 PST
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