Monroe Malahini

[BayouBengal]

Hi Lyman, The SystemThree primer sands plenty easy enough and provides a nice base coat, but has no fill characteristics, like absolutely zero, zilch, none. If you're looking for a fill-type primer that will help fill and level out your newly fiberglassed surface, you'll need to look at something other than the SystemThree primer.

Hug dem grandbabies for us.

[Bill Edmundson]

Lyman

Pettit has a pretty good Hi-Build primer.

Bill

[Thompson]

Thanks for the info. I've already ordered the system3. What i have sanded so far is pretty smooth. You can still see and feel a little of the weave. I plan at least one more coat of epoxy. When i have that sanded down I'll see how that looks. My order some of the Pettit. Don't know if you can mix Pettit and System3. Different. Coats, of course, one on top of the other. From what I've read the System 3 is pretty user friendly. Thanks
Lyman

[JimmY]

Hi Lyman,

The System 3 primer rolls pretty nicely and should take care of small imperfections. It is easy to work with and sands easily. If you are using WR-LPU over it, this works differently and there is a learning curve. If you can spray it I would go that route, but roll/tip is possible and you can get good results.

[Thompson]

Wow. It's been almost four months since my last post. Haven't had much time to work on the boat. It's been 100 deg. in the shop, too hot. That and vacation, work, lots of grass cutting and grand kids soccer, it's been hard to find time to do much. At my last post I thought I was close to being able to start painting. Put the first coat of primer on tonight!! Rolled and tipped, but I'm going to try and spray the next couple of coats. It's cooling off so I hope I'm going to get back at it.

Also, its been almost a year since I started this project. When I started I had this disillusion that I might make it to this year's gathering with it. Ha! That's a joke. Each part takes so much more time than I could ever imagine. I'm on no time table. It will be done when it gets done. Enjoying the journey.

Lyman

[PeterG]

Great job, can't wait to see more!

[vupilot]

Looking great!

[Thompson]

I think i may have screwed up again! I'm using the System Three primer. On the first coat i only used part B without part A. I think i got this confused with the paint which can be used with out the crosslink. I assumed the primer was the same. As i was spraying the second coat, part A and B mixed together. A drop of water drip on to the first coat. When i wiped it off, the first coat came completely off. In sanding after the second coat if i sanded through the second coat down the first coat i can take a damp cloth and if i scrub on it i can take if off. I can scrub on just the second and it's hard, will not come off. I guess I'm going to have to sand all the primer completely of unless someone can give me a cure. I'm tired of sanding.
Thanks
Lyman