Clyde Sisler wrote: > [snip] > > So I get the epoxy kit (http://www.systemthree.com/index.html) suggested by > that chemist guy and others to see if I could put some keel strips on > without gluing myself to a tree. > > [snip] I had read the huge manual (at least 75 pages) > and can proudly say I didn't understand a word of it. There was all kinds > of stuff in the kit. I recognized a paint brush and some popcycle sticks. > Oh yeah, there were plastic shot glasses with weird measurement lines on > them. Also some paper cup things with other markings. There's other > strange stuff like plastic fiber, wood flour, some thickener stuff, > microballons and little sissy gloves like a proctologist might use. [big snip] > This first experience was rather interesting. Oh yeah, I didn't use those > proctologist gloves. I now have very clean, very smooth fingertips. I > can't see my fingerprints and figure I'm ready for a new career in the field > of criminal malfeasance. Sounds like your repair will turn out fine. Controlled sloppyness is the hallmark of a true experimenter, Clyde! Couple tips: 0. Acetone, followed by hot soapy water, will avoid scaring the DMV when they try to verify your fingerprints ... <G> 1. A cabinet scraper will save a lot of sanding time and elbow grease. These can be used when the epoxy is still a little "green," and will make cool feathery shavings. Easier to clean up, too. (You can make your own from a drywall spreader -- something to really annoy those roofers!) 2. Use those gloves! I'm one of the lucky ones who is apparently not susceptible to sensitization to epoxy (knock on wood!), and I have had the stuff on my fingers numerous times. However, it is like playing Russian roulette it you do not use them. (I do, now, almost always. Certainly for big jobs.) Sensitization can come on suddenly, and will end your use of epoxy forever. Sanding without a mask can (I have heard) also lead to symptoms. An allergic reaction can be a serious, life-threatening thing. Back to my test tubes. Now, where was that sulphuric acid ... -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** 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 Mon May 31 1999 - 19:42:01 PDT
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