Re: West System Help!( All)

We use System 3, which is 1:1, and thus seems to be much more tolerant of small variations than West. I also tend to mix *BIG* batches, and that helps. <g> Scott, I'd be inclined to put another coat on top. My (possibly faulty) reasoning is that the catalyst in the new batch will help cure the soft top layer. If the current coat doesn't set up after a few days (which is what worked for me when I had this problem in the past), I'd be tempted to do a test corner with a new coat and see what happens. Alfred Poor 1969 Cal 29 #132, "Pentaquod" And also Rake, which has formulations that go off at 1:1. I think our much esteemed and sorely missed Cal List Guru (Brian Cleverly) was using System Three, which also has different ratios available for ease of use. David Wilkie Owen Cal 2-29 "Mariposa" Santa Barbara, CA http://www.mariposasailing.com

Alfred, That sounds like an excellent idea. I can scrape most of the old layer off with a putty knife (it comes off like King Syrup). I'll give this a try. The worst that can happen is that I end up having more to scrape off. Thanks! Scott >From: "Alfred Poor" <ap… [at] bellatlantic.net> >Reply-To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com >To: <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> >Subject: [Cal_Boats] Re: West System Help!( All) >Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 13:29:15 -0500 > >We use System 3, which is 1:1, and thus seems to be much more tolerant of >small variations than West. I also tend to mix *BIG* batches, and that >helps. <g> > >Scott, I'd be inclined to put another coat on top. My (possibly faulty) >reasoning is that the catalyst in the new batch will help cure the soft top >layer. If the current coat doesn't set up after a few days (which is what >worked for me when I had this problem in the past), I'd be tempted to do a >test corner with a new coat and see what happens. > >Alfred Poor >1969 Cal 29 #132, "Pentaquod" > > >----- Original Message ----- > >And also Rake, which has formulations that go off at 1:1. I think our much >esteemed and sorely missed Cal List Guru (Brian Cleverly) was using System >Three, which also has different ratios available for ease of use. > >David Wilkie Owen >_________________ >Cal 2-29 "Mariposa" >Santa Barbara, CA >http://www.mariposasailing.com >