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Old March 15th, 2008, 09:43 PM   #57 (permalink)
Nick JD
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Originally Posted by Spunky99 View Post
Been there, done that. Exotherming polyester resin makes it thick as water but it hardens in a snap and then gets hotter than heck and has a slight amber tint.
The end result is faster but will be about 1/8" thick. I think the total thickness for the method I'm using will be about 1/16" total.
You might have used laminating resin, which does have a brown tint - surfboard polyester is ever so slightly blue tinted and doesn't go brown at all. Epoxy does though! It only gets hot if you put too much catalyst in. At 1% catalyst it's barely above ambient. Best of all it doesn't shrink and have the sparkles raise and wreck the finish, which is a problem with this method.

But most of the joy is in the journey, not the destination!

Looking great - love that MOP binding.
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