Trade Secrets

Trade secrets? well when I started my joinery trade apprenticship I had to swear never to give away trade secrets,it was one of those things,secret hand shakes at the masonic lodge.Well we are a long way from then now and part of what we do is to try and advise our customers what tools to use and any other related tips.
In this picture note the clean plastic we are working on,as the Toylander body has been coated all over with Resolution 816 epoxy,thats needed to stop the bond between the table and the Toylander.

The plastic sheeting top cover is due to the fact that while it was fine and warm when I started,a low came across and it went cold and damp,then we had heavy rain,moisture will cause amine blush to form on the wet epoxy,the plastic will stop that.
Note,amine blush is a trade term for an epoxy that has cured under conditions of moisture,the epoxy is fine but is quite wet to the touch,it can only be sanded off!

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The Toylander body has had a nice thin layer of epoxy all over,inside and out,it is now waterproof.







Note the long handled 50mm radiator brush,use this to do the corners before wetting out the flats with the fine mohair roller.

We are a little ahead of ourselves applying a thin coat of epoxy right now,more finishing could have been done,like closing the front wing tops off but as we were applying epoxy to a set of rudders today,it made sense to do the Toylander.