One more thing. I picked up a curved Japanese rasp that I think would have been great to have when I was doing the portlights. It cuts smoothly and relatively easily through cured epoxy and other fillers. The curved shape allows you to cut say just a raised epoxy filler blob without affecting the surface surrounding it. It's on the left on the Lee Valley page: http://www.leevalley.com/en/Wood/page.aspx?p=63451&cat=1,42524
I also got a couple good carbide Dremel bits from Lee Valley that work great on fiberglass and epoxy. One was a ball and the other is a curved tapering cone. Derek McLeod 1983 29-2 Aileron Toronto www.derekmcleod.com > On Nov 11, 2015, at 4:33 PM, Gary Russell <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dennis, > Fortunately, most of the gel coat damage is under the plexiglas, so it > won't be visible once the VHB and acrylic is in place. Since 95% of the > Plexus is in tact, I am considering filling the chips in the Plexus / gel > coat with epoxy thickened with silica and calling it a day. I would do less > damage and it would be less work. Once the windows were in place you would > never see it. > > Gary > S/V High Maintenance > > ~~~~~~~_/)~~~~~~ > > >> On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 3:29 PM, Dennis C. via CnC-List >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> If the gelcoat damage is just chips, you might consider gelpaste. Spectrum >> color makes very nice gelpaste in many custom colors. Gelpaste fixes dings >> and chips very well. >> >> Unfortunately, I have no clue which color works best on our boats. They >> only have tinted gelpaste for newer boats, like 2006 and newer. If it were >> me, I'd wander around and find a newer boat that seems close to mine and see >> if Spectrum Color has a gelpaste for that boat. You can go to a paint store >> and get samples to compare. >> >> Dennis C. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Email address: >> [email protected] >> To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom >> of page at: >> http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com >> >> >
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