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Epoxy Layers
Posted by: Jon Meyers (---.sta.embarqhsd.net)
Date: May 07, 2014 01:52PM

Hey all,

Just finished my first layer of epoxy on a musky rod I'm fixing for a friend, used Aftco epoxy for the first time and it came off a little light. I know I will do another coat but was almost thinking a third depending how the second coat looked... nothing wrong with three coats of epoxy is there? besides weight and waste of epoxy that is...

Any one else us this stuff?

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Re: Epoxy Layers
Posted by: John E Powell (168.169.226.---)
Date: May 07, 2014 02:19PM

Nothing wrong.

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Re: Epoxy Layers
Posted by: Tom Kirkman (Moderator)
Date: May 07, 2014 02:24PM

The thickness of a coat is mostly determined by how much you put on. In other words - that part is up to you. What constitutes 3 of your coats may only be 2, or even 1, of somebody else's.

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Re: Epoxy Layers
Posted by: Roger Templon (---.aoo.pa.atlanticbb.net)
Date: May 07, 2014 02:52PM

jon

i often use 3 coats of finish on my guide wraps!

rog

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Re: Epoxy Layers
Posted by: Ken Driedger (---.bchsia.telus.net)
Date: May 13, 2014 02:14PM

What Mr. Kirkman said. On a 12 guide flyrod, I'll use 3-4 CC's of resin. On an abused 5 guide one piece boat rod, I will use 10-15 CC's of resin. Really goop'er on, to save the threads getting bared against the gunwales, etc, causing premature failure from salt water invasion.

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