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new top coat?

Postby klimber » Sun Mar 15, 2009 12:04 am

I have a wooded door that I made and coated with West Systems epoxy.

it road last year pretty good but recently got a belt sander so I thought I'd feather the edges a little better.

I didnt touch the bottom but the top still has some epoxy exposed where the sander didn't need to do any work.

do I need to get more west systems stuff or would marine poly eurathane stick to the epoxy?

hoping to save some time and jsut get a couple of coats of poly a d call it good

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Re: new top coat?

Postby redskykiter » Sun Mar 15, 2009 2:59 am

Marine polyurethane sticks well to West System epoxy. You're actually supposed to use it for UV protection as the epoxy is not UV resistant alone.

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Re: new top coat?

Postby klimber » Sun Mar 15, 2009 3:19 am

do you think Minwax Spar Urethane will do? I already have some of that.

anything better out there under $20 a can?

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Re: new top coat?

Postby redskykiter » Sun Mar 15, 2009 4:12 pm

Use that :thumb:

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Re: new top coat?

Postby kitehok » Mon Mar 16, 2009 2:46 pm

I use MinWax spar on all my wood boards. You won't find a good spar urethane for under $20. Boat shops sell the good stuff ~$40/can!!

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Re: new top coat?

Postby klimber » Mon Mar 23, 2009 9:15 pm

got my three coats on now.

brush, sanded, brush, sanded, brush.

next steps will be to paint.

have random colors of Plasticote paint. shoudl that stick well to the Minwax?

will I need another coat of Minwax over the paint?

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Re: new top coat?

Postby zfennell » Mon Mar 23, 2009 10:28 pm

3 coats of varnish?

you're all done.

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Re: new top coat?

Postby klimber » Wed Apr 22, 2009 7:23 pm

final results
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