Re: [Paddlewise] if not AL, how about wood?

From: John Fereira <jaf30_at_cornell.edu>
Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2003 08:25:50 -0500
At 05:27 PM 2/28/2003 -0500, gabriel romeu wrote:
>Keith Wrage wrote:
>
>>>
>>> One issue of building these in the winter is the epoxy fumes.
>>
>>
>> I thought the new epoxies were more or less 'fumeless' - that the 
>> sanding dust is the problem?  I know with the older fiberglass resins 
>> were a stinky lot to say the least.
>>
>> Keith
>
>Epoxies are pretty much nondescript in odors unlike the polyester resins 
>extensively used in industry.  sanding dust is a consideration 
>especially in dealing with fiberglass- this breaks up into very fine, 
>very sharp particulates.
>as someone mentioned before, 

Many of the fillers like micro-baloons and cabosil are also very nasty.  It
is strongly recommended that respirator be worn while mixing the epoxy with
fillers and of course that rubber gloves are worn during mixing and
application of the epoxy resin.


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