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I glued an only onto my hybrid deck yesterday. thought I should sand the edge a bit so the glass will make the transition over the edge. Went to far and erased the wood grain on the edges of the onlyay. Did I not need to sant this? Was there some backing that added to the thickness that I should have removed? If I had added a couple of layers of unthickened epoxy on top would that have smoothed teh transition? At this point I need to decide whether to live with the mess or sand it all off and start over. At least with the hybrid deck I have some material to work with. Comments please. Paul
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RE: Only Screw-up
» Submitted by ogata - Sun, October 4 » 10:39 PM
Well mistakes always look the worst right after you have made them:) Maybe in a day or two you'll be thinking, "I meant to do that!"
I used some very thin veneer to cut out an onlay on my last kayak. That veneer did not have any backing. I smoothed over the edges of the onlay, leaving them just the thinnest shade proud, and put a few thin layers of epoxy over it, which did fill in the transition just a little. You can see a slight bump there where it is under the glass. But you wouldn't likey notice it unless you were looking for it.
Good luck, hope it works out ok.
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Ogata, eric