How long to leave before applying topcoat?

TheOrs

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Plymouth
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Fletcher Arrowflyte
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Mercury 75
How long do I have to leave the freshly-laid 'glass (300g CSM & resin) before applying Topcoat?

Do I paint it straight onto the wet fibreglass; do I wait for the 'glass to go 'green' first; or does it have to be completely dry?

Cheers
 
Leave it to go dry to touch......


What are you glassing with 1oz matt?
 
Gav said:
Leave it to go dry to touch......


What are you glassing with 1oz matt?

Thanks Gav,

I've layered 3 lots of mat over my floor. (I lifted the carpet to laminate the hull/deck joint & discovered that the floor was bare wood.)

It's not really for strength; just to seal it all up.
 
Finished job.

and here is the finished article: (the floor obviously, not the boat!)
 

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Not quite as disassembled as Matt's, but pretty much 'winterised'
 

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Looks like you will be screaming for yr seat runners v soon!:bolt:
 
Gav said:
Looks like you will be screaming for yr seat runners v soon!:bolt:

Don't know about the runners but I was certainly screaming for air. I've spent the last few days 'floating' around that garage!
 
TheOrs said:
Don't know about the runners but I was certainly screaming for air. I've spent the last few days 'floating' around that garage!


bit of styrene fumes eh? i'm fkin imune to the stuff now!

i'll chase em up tommorrow 4 ya.........:cheers:
 

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