Posts by toptuna

Taylor that thing is awesome. Lets put you on some sea bass.

that thing is pretty sweet.

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Thanks Don. Where is rubbing compound sold?

Dan you want to use a compound with out any silicone in it for epoxy.

Those things look wicked. I was lookin At buying a pipe gun but that tops it for sure. Wtg Dan.

Ya I figured that. Pain in the rear. Thanks Phil.

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My suggestion would be be to apply another coat. If the epoxy is thin enough that you sanded through in some areas it probably should be thicker. This will also give the most uniform look. But I was also a little ocd when I epoxied my gun.

ya i am seriously thinking of doing another coat.

It's a Gil gacula SoCal tracker. I'll post one when I put it back together tonight.

Thanks Dan.

Copy that. I think I will do one coat just to cover the bare spots and another coat to cover the surrounding area and the patch.

can you explain blending to me in technical terms? I think you mean blending the fresh epoxy with the old. I would imagine just outside the new epoxy the old epoxy would wear thing from sanding.

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Wood looks beautiful. Laying on the surface of those chairs makes for a nice composition.

I'd just touch up the sanded through spots with penetrating epoxy.

I heard most of them suck. Do you know of a good brand of penetrating?

I finally decided to spend the time and epoxy my speargun. I first did two coats 12 hours apart. I was not well prepared and had some fish eye troubles and some running epoxy issues as well. I sanded after the 2nd coat to even things out for the third coat which would had hopefully been it. Well I missed some spots on the third coat so I then came through and applied epoxy to the spots I missed. Then I had runs. No bueno.

I decided to wetsand all the way to 1000 grit and proceeded to buff and polish it out with non silicone based compounds and polishes. I used a foam cutting pad and a foam polishing. I did not need a wool cutting pad. Now it does not look like a Phil Herranen epoxy finish but I am proud of it except for where I sanded through.

So here is my question-

In the spots that I sanded through I was thinking of taping off an area around the epoxy-less area and applying a coat of epoxy then wet sanding and finish by buffing and polishing. Would this work?

Should I use frog tape and when the epoxy starts to set pull the tape?

Any critiquing is awesome.

it was not me who shot that fish but thought i would add it to the JBL thread. Dave Plossel shot it.

Can't wait for those days either Don.

Thanks everyone. I already wanna shoot another. I passed on a trip today cause i had to clean the fish and my buddy got one. Ill be on the water saturday.

Don- Matt's guns are simple and to the point. I was stoked to land that fish with a 48" inch gun and also my PB. Don't think i will risk trying that again though. Sorry I've been a stranger life has been crazy with the newborn.

Let's go Marko.

Thanks guys

I dunno not sure what I would do with the stones.

Bamz he is in the bigger cooler now. I'll take a pic later.