Hi all.
Our canoes are showing some serious wear and tear on the bow and stern due to the occasional encounters with logs, rocks, sandbars, and gravel. So we bought a some "skid plates" which are basically elongated pear shaped pieces of kevlar. You epoxy these on the bow and stern of the canoe and they provide something for things to wear on other than the primary hull of the canoe.
We are having a friend who does much boat repair coming over in the next day or two to put these on. Now, here is the problem. He insists that for the expoxy to maintain its strength and bonding abilities that NO tint should be mixed in with it. Which I can certainly believe.
Now, I ain't no fashionista but I'd rather not have our hunter green canoes sporting big yellow bannana patches. So, I want them to have a color that at least somewhat matches the boats color. I've played with the tinting and fiberglass resin to get an idea of how to get a decent match to the boats color.
So, the question is, after he gets these patches expoxied on, would it be workable to put another top coat or two of expoxy that DOES have tint in it? For maximum sticking ability I would think putting the tinted epoxy as soon as the untinted epoxy/patch has firmed up but is still tacky is the way to go.
While this tinted epoxy isnt structurally perfect and is not the same as a proper gel coat I can't imagine it would bond so poorly as to peel off the first chance it gets either.
Any thoughts?
Our canoes are showing some serious wear and tear on the bow and stern due to the occasional encounters with logs, rocks, sandbars, and gravel. So we bought a some "skid plates" which are basically elongated pear shaped pieces of kevlar. You epoxy these on the bow and stern of the canoe and they provide something for things to wear on other than the primary hull of the canoe.
We are having a friend who does much boat repair coming over in the next day or two to put these on. Now, here is the problem. He insists that for the expoxy to maintain its strength and bonding abilities that NO tint should be mixed in with it. Which I can certainly believe.
Now, I ain't no fashionista but I'd rather not have our hunter green canoes sporting big yellow bannana patches. So, I want them to have a color that at least somewhat matches the boats color. I've played with the tinting and fiberglass resin to get an idea of how to get a decent match to the boats color.
So, the question is, after he gets these patches expoxied on, would it be workable to put another top coat or two of expoxy that DOES have tint in it? For maximum sticking ability I would think putting the tinted epoxy as soon as the untinted epoxy/patch has firmed up but is still tacky is the way to go.
While this tinted epoxy isnt structurally perfect and is not the same as a proper gel coat I can't imagine it would bond so poorly as to peel off the first chance it gets either.
Any thoughts?