I just finished sanding the hot coat on my second board. Somehow, the hotcoat went on a little thinner in some spots than others. So i hit the weave a few times and it’s a little uneven.
- From what I understand, a gloss coat needs to have alot of temperature control and absolutely no wind. I do my stuff outside, and in the Florida summer temps go anywhere from 75 to 90. Pluss a gloss coat is suppiosed to be very thin - so it’s not really gonna fill up the weave and even things out. So glossing is basically out of the question?
2)What about a second hotcoat? From what i read this can be done - but i still have some shinies on the board at the lapline and some other spots that seem impossible to get.
So regardless of the gloss coat or second hotcoat the spots with the shines must be reemoved for anything to adhere - correct?
Epoxy or poly?
If it’s epoxy, I’d do another hotcoat and leave it sanded. And do scrub those shinies. You can attempt to polish epoxy, but I’ve never gotten results that are worth the effort.
If it’s poly, In my experience, there’s nothing wrong with doing a gloss coat that’s a bit thicker. It will allow you to both (functionally) fill in the exposed weave and (aesthetically) polish nicely. I’ve never understood why people do a hotcoat and a gloss coat. If you did a good job with prepping the lam for the hotcoat, and put it on a bit on the hot and heavy side, you can sand light enough to polish it out.
But that’s just me.
i did my epoxy with an extra hotcoat…its a bit heavy (its kind of supposed to be) but i didnt have to do a lot of sanding to get a good finish
It’s poly…but what happens if i can’t get all those shinies out and i do a hot coat or gloss? its mostly just little spots here and there, but some of them are hard to get into.
grab a little piece of sandpaper, wrap it around the sponge that’s sitting next to your kitchen sink, and hit the shiny spots
yeah a sponge or a big chunk of stuffing from your dogs bed…sorry bailey, ill replace it