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From my experience of building and repairing polyester/fibreglass canoes
damaged during rock-bashing/ white-water canoeing - polyester patches were not durable and could be ripped off the damaged canoe, with very little effort - where as epoxy patches showed much superior adhesion. Applying polyester over epoxy would result in a useless bond - suggest you test your proposed method with a small piece of fibreglass/polyester applied to the stich and glue surface and try removing it after about one week. I would use epoxy - apart from its superior adhesion and water resistance, it is not as toxic as polyester - that sweet smell of polyester is cancer producer whereas the nasty chemical in epoxy is not sufficiently volatile to be a problem - just prevent skin contact with epoxy. Where did I acquire this wisdom - building small multihulls using epoxy, during the previous 17 years - see the Yacht Research Homepage under Project Windrigger. Ian Smith "My news" wrote in message ... Any advise or comment if I will use polyester and fiber glass on top of cured and sanded epoxy on stich and glue? My plan is to prime the entire hull with epoxy for a good bind before the application of fiberglass/polyester skin. I want to introduce this idea to the poor fishermen in the Philippines for economic reason. |
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