I must cover my plywood with epoxy (of course) in a stitch and glue boat.

I'm thinking adding a dark green pigment would make for a durable camo job.
Right? Wrong? "Am I an idiot"?

It will work just fine... You can do either powdered pigment, or
liquid... Actually, RIT dye will work quite well also... Look a tthe
Gougeon site for West System epoxy... One of their back news letters
describes the experiments they did with coloring the epoxy...

denny

"Marc Reeves" wrote in message
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I must cover my plywood with epoxy (of course) in a stitch and glue boat.

I'm thinking adding a dark green pigment would make for a durable camo
job. Right? Wrong? "Am I an idiot"?
@#@
You are correct. Epoxy should also be painted with an U V. inhibited paint
as it tends to chalk after an few years.

Rey

Reynaud wrote:

"Marc Reeves" wrote in message
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I must cover my plywood with epoxy (of course) in a stitch and glue boat.

I'm thinking adding a dark green pigment would make for a durable camo
job. Right? Wrong? "Am I an idiot"?
@#@

You are correct. Epoxy should also be painted with an U V. inhibited paint
as it tends to chalk after an few years.

Rey


Or? If ya got the pockets for it, aluminum dust in the final epoxy.

"Richard Lamb" wrote in message
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Reynaud wrote:

"Marc Reeves" wrote in message
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I must cover my plywood with epoxy (of course) in a stitch and glue boat.

I'm thinking adding a dark green pigment would make for a durable camo
job. Right? Wrong? "Am I an idiot"?
@#@

You are correct. Epoxy should also be painted with an U V. inhibited
paint as it tends to chalk after an few years.

Rey
Or? If ya got the pockets for it, aluminum dust in the final epoxy.

How about explaining this?
DF

David Flew wrote:

"Richard Lamb" wrote in message
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Reynaud wrote:


"Marc Reeves" wrote in message
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I must cover my plywood with epoxy (of course) in a stitch and glue boat.

I'm thinking adding a dark green pigment would make for a durable camo
job. Right? Wrong? "Am I an idiot"?
@#@

You are correct. Epoxy should also be painted with an U V. inhibited
paint as it tends to chalk after an few years.

Rey

Or? If ya got the pockets for it, aluminum dust in the final epoxy.


How about explaining this?
DF


Aluminum dust is added to aircraft dope to make what we call "silver"
coats. The aluminum dust provides UV protection for the fabric underneath..

I've done some fiberglass parts that way too.
It works fine.

Richard

"Richard Lamb" wrote in message
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David Flew wrote:

"Richard Lamb" wrote in message
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Reynaud wrote:


"Marc Reeves" wrote in message
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I must cover my plywood with epoxy (of course) in a stitch and glue
boat.

I'm thinking adding a dark green pigment would make for a durable camo
job. Right? Wrong? "Am I an idiot"?
@#@

You are correct. Epoxy should also be painted with an U V. inhibited
paint as it tends to chalk after an few years.

Rey

Or? If ya got the pockets for it, aluminum dust in the final epoxy.


How about explaining this?
DF


Aluminum dust is added to aircraft dope to make what we call "silver"
coats. The aluminum dust provides UV protection for the fabric
underneath..

I've done some fiberglass parts that way too.
It works fine.

Richard
I guess the pockets comment means it's expensive ....
David

Aluminum might be the answer to another type of boat...say a fly-fishing
layout boat....but for a sneak boat for duck hunting, it wouldn't be the
best

David Flew wrote:

Aluminum dust is added to aircraft dope to make what we call "silver"
coats. The aluminum dust provides UV protection for the fabric
underneath..

I've done some fiberglass parts that way too.
It works fine.

Richard

I guess the pockets comment means it's expensive ....
David


Probably not outrageously,
but more so that a coat of paint.

Thing is, when the paint ages and deteriorates,
so does the UV protection...

Richard