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Old May 23, 2016 | 12:49 PM
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71 completely stripped, seams done. sprayed 2 coats of SPI epoxy. I have a 3 spots (the size of the top of a coke can) that were raw fiberglass and after the epoxy they are very rough. no glass fibers sticking through the epoxy, just very rough. how to repair. more epoxy, VPA or SPI turbo primer??
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you can scuff it down with 180 and spot in the epoxy.
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you can scuff it down with 180 and spot in the epoxy.
spot it in with more epoxy? the paint is 20 hours old, can I just shoot more epoxy on the spots.
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yes you can. i would still scuff it to knock it down a little the spot it in with epoxy .
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Originally Posted by porchdog
yes you can. i would still scuff it to knock it down a little the spot it in with epoxy .
thanks, it worked!
I want to shoot SPI turbo 2k tonight.
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