Saturday, July 26, 2014

PL construction adhesive vs Epoxy

The PL construction adhesive is messy stuff, but seems to dry as hard as epoxy.  I guess it can be used for Fillets, but you have to smooth it as soon as you run it, or else it forms a skin and trying to smooth it out after that creates a bubbly mess.  On the inside of my boat, I will be applying fiberglass cloth and need a smooth fillet.  Today, I will attempt to mix up some thickened epoxy to make a smooth fillet over the top of the bumpy PL fillet that I ran.

On the other hand, it sure is nice having the PL in a tube that can be squirted in between a side panel and a bulkhead, or between a chine rail and and a side panel.    Seems to last for a couple of days in an opened tube.

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