Heating Fresh Epoxy

Heating the Transom II
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There were a couple of areas on the rear transom where the glass didnt lay down to our liking. Greg decided to see if heating the epoxy in this area would work. After a few minutes, we discovered that the epoxy got very thin and dripped a lot. This tended to starve the fiberglass, didnt help the fiberglass adhere to the plywood at all, and the epoxy that remained in the fiberglass had dried enough to touch after a mere five additional minutes.

In short, I dont recommend using a heat gun on uncured epoxy. Its a good way to give yourself a second chance on cured epoxy though. In fact, Id call it a sheer stroke of genius on Gregs part.

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