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Skerry puzzle scarf irregularity
I was not able to get the puzzle scarf joints on my new Skerry kit quite completely flat. When it comes to sanding them, there's a couple of concerns. On the first couple before I got the amount of epoxy right, there was excess squeeze out. That combines with the fingers being a few thou from flat and I got epoxy spots and gaps I can't sand totally flat w/o doing damage to the veneers on the "high" fingers. It looks like 2 choices: fair the joints w/ epoxy/wood dust now while they're flat, or wait until the coating/sheathing stage and just make it part of the finish process. I'm painting this one inside and out, so am not too fussed about messing w/ getting the epoxy showing different color. The joints themselves are tight and solid. Suggestions?
3 replies:
RE: Skerry puzzle scarf irregularity
Trying to heat the joint to move it makes me all kinds of nervous about adversely affecting the joint strength. Epoxy isn't really a thermoplastic after all. They are plenty solid. Mostly it's an appearance issue I think.
RE: Skerry puzzle scarf irregularity
If you're going to be painting anyway, might as well just fair them in. I'd recommend using epoxy/phenolic microballoon mix instead of epoxy/sawdust for fairing. It's much easier to sand.
Have fun,
Laszlo
RE: Skerry puzzle scarf irregularity
» Submitted by wing15601 - Sat, 11/29/14 » 6:31 PM
You could heat the puzzle joints with a heat gun. I personally would use the wife's iron, no steam, put a throwaway towel over the joint and heat it up. With the epoxy melted you should be able to push the joints flat.