I used cheap polyester based resin for my dolly. It does stink, but you can't
beat the price. Less than $20 per gallon. Also, just use fat chopped (or
roven-woven) material. No need to use expensive S-glass for that.
Christian
----- Original Message -----
From: Aikisu@xxxxxxx
Date: Friday, August 13, 2004 0:12 am
Subject: dolly slowdown
> Hi all,
>
> Back to square one.
> Building the dolly
> Tossed one carpet pattern after three layers of cloth when I felt
> underneath
> ,the epoxy bled thru. I must of forced to much with the squeegy.
> It was far
> too scratchy to slide my hull on. Starting over ,I used thickened
> filler
> first,waited to dry and sand smooth then cloth then straight
> hardener etc.much
> softer underneath, now back on track.
> The dolly ate up alot more epoxy than I expected. I had to run
> and get more.
> next fiquiring out the the axel wheelset. So many choices.
> Did everyone get thru this or am I the only newbee one.
>
> just wanting to build my boat
> wanting to flip that hull,
> patience ,be kind to your soul
> another nare hair pulling day
> (dried epoxy on hairy arms and legs)
>
> My best to all,
> ken
>
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