Re: Marine Epoxy
Gary Rosen
"Kloka-mo'" <RobXXXZo...@XXXyahooXXX.XXXcom> wrote in message
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> Having fun!
>
> We're familiar with the term Frankenfenders...
>
> What about Ibanestine?
>
> Well, my 6 string is undergoing it's final re-do.
>
> The layered headstock (walnut/maple/walnut) has come along nicely...
>
> Pulling the frets resulted in ugly chippage, due to the age of the
> rose-type-wood (hardened 10 years ago with wood hardeners, after I
> re-shaped the neck profile)
>
> Tried Brian's recommended Minwax Poly Rub, and it's nice friendly stuff,
> but I wanted to take it up a notch. Harder finish-wise. Layered three
> coats. Easy to work with. Radiused sanding block on the way. Three packs
> of WestSystem.com epoxy remain. Going to be SWEET!!!
>
> Half grounds waiting...
Wasn't marine epoxy Jaco's "secret sauce"?
- Gary Rosen
Derek Tearne
> Wasn't marine epoxy Jaco's "secret sauce"?
Well, sniffing too much of that *can* lead to personality disorders...
--
Derek Tearne - de...@url.co.nz
Vitamin S - improvisation from Aotearoa/New Zealand
http://www.vitamin-s.co.nz/
Kloka-mo'
stuff don't smell bad at all.
I've done 3 coats, inside, and haven't noticed the smell. Lungs feel the
fumes a little while applying, but no rank odor. To compare, I opened some
old modeling epoxy and WOW that stuff STANK! Wouldn't use THAT indoors.
--
-rob
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"Derek Tearne" <de...@url.co.nz> wrote in message
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Scott Dickson
> "Kloka-mo'" <RobXXXZonXXX5...@XXXyahooXXX.XXXcom> wrote in message
Did he make boats out his old basses????
Tim
> "Kloka-mo'" <RobXXXZonXXX5...@XXXyahooXXX.XXXcom> wrote in message
Beats me, but supposedly after pulling the frets, he did give the neck
about 6 coats of the stuff to make it hard as a rock.