All, I'm beginning the process of preparing to build either a Pygmy boats stich-n-glue or a Schade Guillemot strip. At this point the process is reaccuainting myself with my tools by building Kayak supports, etc. The other half of the process is using the SystemThree Epoxy Trial Kit to familirize myself with epoxy and fiberglass... I started by trying a sealcoat on some spare laminated pine I had around the garage. After coming to some general conculsions about Ventilation, Resipirators, etc... I realized I thought the seal coat was much too thick. after looking through 'The Epoxy book' I found their usage Estimates... 3 oz works out to roughly 5.85 sq ft of coverage... the plank I was working on was much smaller that this... All of this begs the question of how thick should this coat really be? If I pour it on in an S-shape and use a squeegee to spread it, how should I manipulate it? Spreading it about with the squeegee at about a 45 angle to move the epoxy around, then at close to 90 to take off the excess? Should the fill coat just fill the pores, or should it be a thin "glossy" coat over everything? Thnaks Aaron *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Feb 12 2001 - 21:16:25 PST
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