The idea of penetrating epoxy on the edges is good. Regular epoxy has little tensile strength. If you put regular epoxy on the edges of any laminated board, i.e. plywood, it may crack allowing moisture to enter the plies. IMHO, adding microfibers doesn't add much tensile strength either. You could try vinylester "kitty hair" put you will have to sand the top corner very carefully to minimize exposing the edges.
Many years ago, I replaced a plywood transom in one of my personal boats. I dutifully coated the exposed edges with epoxy. A couple years later, the epoxy cracked parallel with the plies. I would choose either penetrating epoxy or would actually cover the edges with glass and epoxy. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 7:00 PM, Ron Ricci via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Doug, > > > > Total Boat clear penetrating epoxy sealer (https://www. > jamestowndistributors.com/userportal/show_product.do?pid=97636) does a > good job sealing the sides and bottom. I cut it 50% with denatured alcohol > and put on two coats. For the surface, use a good quality varnish. I’ve > used several thinned coats of Epifanes Clear Varnish for a base with a > couple of thinned coats of their rubbed effect varnish. The former adds UV > protection and the latter gives a nice soft finish. I would not put epoxy > on the surface. > > > > Once I tried to make a section of “non-skid” cabin sole by sprinkling salt > crystals over wet varnish. After the varnish dried, I washed of the salt. > Thankfully, I experimented with a piece of plywood. The surface wasn’t > that rough. Have any other listers tried this? > > > > Ron > > > > *From:* CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] *On Behalf Of *Doug > Welch via CnC-List > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 22, 2017 11:40 AM > *To:* CnClist > *Cc:* Doug Welch > *Subject:* Stus-List Experience with exp system epoxy > > > > I am installing a new teak and holly veneer cabin sole on my 33-2 and was > going to seal it with west system 105/207 until I ran across exp system > which seem similar but less expensive. Does anyone have experience with > exp system they can share? I would like to save some money on the epoxy but > not at the risk off screwing up the very expensive veneer ($550/sheet):) > > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > <https://overview.mail.yahoo.com/mobile/?.src=Android> > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > >
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