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Pool repair. Epoxy coating or am I wasting money.
I'm busy draining my 5 year old pool. The idea was to give it a acid wash it to get rid of the yellowy/brown stains on the marbelite surface. With the water gone, I realized the marbelite is not as smooth...
Started by Lord Farquart on
, 20 posts
by 11 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at 4x4community):
Seemed simple & cheap....
Lots of gloves!!! Resurfaced ours with epoxy (yes, I paid someone to do it), it is smooth as silk, retains planning on the epoxy route ...
Factor in a few decent organic breathing masks.
epoxy is horrible stuff.
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Pool repair. Epoxy coating or am I wasting money.
I'm busy draining my 5 year old pool. The idea was to give it a acid wash it to get rid of the yellowy/brown stains on the marbelite surface. With the water gone, I realized the marbelite is not as smooth...
Started by Lord Farquart on
, 20 posts
by 11 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at za):
Seemed simple & cheap....
Lots of gloves!!! Resurfaced ours with epoxy (yes, I paid someone to do it), it is smooth as silk, retains planning on the epoxy route ...
Factor in a few decent organic breathing masks.
epoxy is horrible stuff.
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I'll be moving into a new house soon, and may have enough time to finish the garage floor before we move in. The concrete floor is a few months old--I assume that's cured enough for applying a surface treatment.
What are my options in terms of paint? ...
Started by RTMartens on
, 23 posts
by 15 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at aaca):
Rustoleum floor epoxy is what....
It was new concrete and I paid a paint company to prep I ever made .
I've since put it through Hell with epoxy 7 years ago before we moved in.
I used an $80/gal epoxy about 9 years ago on my shop floor.
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So I finally got around to working on my deck. I asked some questions here last year and you all were helpful. Bottom line, we don't really like the design of it, it is over 20 years old and not in the best shape,we just want to get a few years out of...
Started by Ringfinger on
, 19 posts
by 1 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at fool):
I will surely avoid sanding.
Recoating durable coatings like epoxy canIs it worth it for me to just strongly powerwash the deck, stain it, and get used to have to doing.
Try a stain in mineral spirits, not water.
stains).
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I am refinishing the gunwhales on my Bolger Gypsy. When I built her, I used water based stain on the gunwhales, sealed with epoxy, then put on 2 coats of varnish. The boat is stored uncovered, outside, and upside down. Over the last 2 years the undersides...
Started by Jefe on
, 4 posts
by 4 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at woodenboat):
Anyway, I would just treat the edge of the top edge of the ply will not self destruct just because... .
Your early failure may have had to do with waterbased stain , I would not lay all the blame on epoxy.
On the outside bottom edge of the gunnel.
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Continued from here
Taping up the neck to protect it
Since I am going with the dam and pour method, I have to make sure that the neck is straight and level:
Used some paint swatches to help with leveling
Started by joeyl on
, 14 posts
by 2 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at talkbass):
Building the dam
Cleaned the neck with acetone
Is there a stain on those Fender necks?
I am going a few minutes, waited for craters to appear and dabbed them again with epoxy Time to pop two questions, so far:
Q1 Painter's tape dam :
Does....
Related shopping results:
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I'm restoring an old ski boat, and I want to stain the deck and sides, but I would like to leave the gunwales and chines natural in colour. I thought perhaps I should mask the deck and paint the rails in clear, let it go off and mask the rails to stain...
Started by Bluejinx202 on
, 6 posts
by 3 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at woodworkforums):
Before you apply the clear, make sure the clear is very....
This is the usual or blue masking tapes) will permit some stain under the edges.
Not bathing the surface with stain, but carefully applying it in a controlled way (rag).
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On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:53:42 -0400, "dadiOH" <dadiOH@invalid.com
I'm going to be making myself a new desk pretty soon. For the top, I'd like
to use ribbon stripe (quartered) African mahogany. I'd like to break up the
expanse of wood with an ...
Started by dadiOH on
, 18 posts
by 9 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at omgili):
I'd use a standard laminating epoxy, thicken mixed epoxy with some microballoons, adding more carbon
black if required, so the putty, the head to the drum
sander and let ....
On my past experience with epoxy, I'd proceed as follows.
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After rolling 4 coats of epoxy on my Malahini, I started sanding for the finishing. I am not sure what it should look like before I apply finish. The epoxy was uneven and when sanded there appear to be low spots. The following picture shows the side, ...
Started by ttownshaw on
, 13 posts
by 9 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at glen-l):
When varnishing bare wood(no epoxy varnishing,sanding,and filling....
Yes, it is a water based stain may risk sanding through the epoxy layers down to the plywood.
Is it stained? If so sand very carefully so you dont go thru.
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Since I am refinishing my garage and want to cover patch holes from my subterranean termite problem. I was pretty set on Epoxy from Alpha Garage. I had looked at RD before and I like the ability to have various colors and patterns, something different...
Started by Synergy on
, 36 posts
by 24 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at calguns):
I know lost of guys who sank a ....
Harder bulletproof.
Epoxy.
More flexibility in the future, can take it with you, and doesn't get slippery .
However, if I were to do it again, I would use race deck .
I have epoxy and haven't had any issues.
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