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Long Butt wraps...your best advice for a smooth flex coat finish.
Posted by:
Keith Tymchuk
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Date: March 14, 2005 10:45AM
That's it.
I'm finishing up a rod for a fund raising @#$%&.....What is the best way to get a smooth surface of Flex Coat lite on long butt wraps...I plan on putting down a coat or two before a Decal Connection decal and then a final coat. Give me your best advice. Keith Re: Long Butt wraps...your best advice for a smooth flex coat finish.
Posted by:
Michael Gebauer
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Date: March 14, 2005 12:00PM
Hi Keith,
Just went through that, if you search "dimples" in the last 30 days, it comes right up. Mike Re: Long Butt wraps...your best advice for a smooth flex coat finish.
Posted by:
Jim Kastorff
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Date: March 14, 2005 08:02PM
I do many long butt wraps up to 18" long. On yours I would put one coat of finish using long brush strokes the lenght of the wrap after several minutes to allow the finish to level abit first. Then I'd put on the decal, then another coat or two if necessary, again using the long brush strokes as its turning on the dryer. My dryer runs at 4 rpm so its easy to do the long brush strokes. I use Classic Coat which is similar to flex coat. Re: Long Butt wraps...your best advice for a smooth flex coat finish.
Posted by:
Ed Carr
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Date: March 14, 2005 09:54PM
I would heat room up pretty good before putting on epoxy. letting rod warm up good before applying. then I would turn heat down so trapped air doesn't expand and surface after epoxy has started to set. I've had this happen a lot on closed wraps.Now I heat shop to 85 to 90 deg. apply epoxy and turn heat to low. Seems to work pretty well.an open wrap isn't nearly as bad as a closed wrap, for trapped air. ED Re: Long Butt wraps...your best advice for a smooth flex coat finish.
Posted by:
bill boettcher
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Date: March 15, 2005 07:11AM
I feel that heat in a room will make the finish set - before it has time to " flow " and level. I like thinner finishes and cooler temps - not freezing, are better, gives the finish time to do it's thing, and release bubbles.
I also find that a quicker dryer makes it better and easyer to put the finish on Different strocks Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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