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itsjohny

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KONA said:
ChryslerJet said:
Lol this one ain't my thread
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Hey Patchman,  we learning this newbie good  :smile16:
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Awesome reading material while I'm on the can at least. West systems epoxy will be here soon. Any painters near dfw preferably east, Wafo told me about one in fate. Any others y'all would suggest?
 
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itsjohny

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Here the ones wehere i have sealed the supports.. Didnt really feel heat in my mixture? After a hour it was pretty tacky and pretty stiff. The one pic is of where i did a lil prac run with the leftover resin. went alright.. didnt wet out as much bcas it didnt have enuff
 
Last Mohecian

Last Mohecian

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itsjohny said:
Here the ones wehere i have sealed the supports.. Didnt really feel heat in my mixture? After a hour it was pretty tacky and pretty stiff. The one pic is of where i did a lil prac run with the leftover resin. went alright.. didnt wet out as much bcas it didnt have enuff
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Epoxy resin does not kick off the same way polyester.  The pot life is much shorter than the working time with epoxy.  If you leave a fair amount in the pot you will feel the heat.  It's also fairly cool out right now.  That makes a big difference in the time it takes to kick off.  Looks like good progress.
 
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Texgo

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Here's where I got my epoxy resin.  Half the price of West System.  Ships fast and they have all the other stuff you need also.  Epoxy wets cloth a lot better than polyester, and bonds better to cured polyester.  http://www.aeromarineproducts.com/
 
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ChryslerJet

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Texgo said:
Here's where I got my epoxy resin.  Half the price of West System.  Ships fast and they have all the other stuff you need also.  Epoxy wets cloth a lot better than polyester, and bonds better to cured polyester.  http://www.aeromarineproducts.com/
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I ordered all my epoxy from there too.
 
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Last Mohican said:
Epoxy resin does not kick off the same way polyester.  The pot life is much shorter than the working time with epoxy.  If you leave a fair amount in the pot you will feel the heat.  It's also fairly cool out right now.  That makes a big difference in the time it takes to kick off.  Looks like good progress.
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When I was glassing supports in it start smoking and got hot as hell with 4oz in it.. Had to mix another batch to finish!
 
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Dang those are good prices.. I will get my it from them next time. Need to figure out how to fix the cracks in the deck.
 
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ChryslerJet

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Yeah ral good prices and decent shipping.  Of course they are in Cali so its two - three day shipping to Texas which isn't so bad.
 
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itsjohny

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Hmm got quoted 600$ to soda blast the bottom of the boat.. I'm thinking about it just to skip a step in my project... What y'all think?
 
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From what I understand the person doing the blasting has to really know what they are doing , or you will have alot more work to fix the problems created by blasting . There are also different kinds of media for blasting , and only certain kinds are okay to use on a boat . I would just sand it with a DA if I were you . If there is alot of paint to be taken off you can use a heavier grit paper , I used 80 to strip mine . After the boat is mostly stripped you can go up to a finer sand paper to make sure you don't leave any deep scratches that will be  a problem later .
 
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WAFOBABY

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:smile26:  Hey bro dont take that thing and media blast it ur going backwards if u do and summer almost here  :smile17:
 
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itsjohny

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WAFOBABY said:
:smile26:  Hey bro dont take that thing and media blast it ur going backwards if u do and summer almost here  :smile17:
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Well i was just thinking i could get it all done in one day then just prime the bottom and not spend the next 4 weeks sanding the bottom.
 
spd500

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Do what  I told you and you will be done with the bottom in a day . If you blast it you will still have to sand the bottom and probably smooth areas that are not smooth from where you blasted it .
 
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itsjohny

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spd500 said:
Do what  I told you and you will be done with the bottom in a day . If you blast it you will still have to sand the bottom and probably smooth areas that are not smooth from where you blasted it .
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Will the orbitor work? I have a DA just have to take breaks bcas my compressor cant keep up.
 
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spd500

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Strip it with the orbital and 80 grit , then finish with the DA . The orbital will not go as fast as the DA though .I would spend some of the money you were going to pay to get it blasted and buy yourself a nice used compressor from a pawn shop or craigslist .
 
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itsjohny

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spd500 said:
Strip it with the orbital and 80 grit , then finish with the DA . The orbital will not go as fast as the DA though .I would spend some of the money you were going to pay to get it blasted and buy yourself a nice used compressor from a pawn shop or craigslist .
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well we have a few, was thinking about hooking up one of our gas ones to the one at our shop. I imagine those two would keep up pretty easly
 
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