December 30, 2009 2 min read 1 Comment

 

 

ESTIMATING USAGE

The tables below are a guide for estimating the amount of material recommended, depending on the end use.

 

Coating Plywood/Hardwood

For use with: SilverTip, General Purpose, Cold Cure, Clear Coat, and SB-112.

Mixed resin/hardener coverage in square feet per gallon

 

 Seal Coat

 Build Coats

*Softwood

200-250

400/4 mils

Hardwood

250-300

400/4 mils

Vertical Surface

200-250

500/3 mils

*Some soft wood materials will require 2 seal coats due to higher absorption.

 

Fiberglassing

For use with: SilverTip, General Purpose, Cold Cure, Clear Coat, and SB-112.

Mixed resin/hardener coverage in square feet per gallon

 

Wet-Out

 Fill Coats

4 oz. cloth

150

300

6 oz. cloth

130

250

10 oz. cloth

100

170

24 oz. Biaxial Tape

32

40

 

 

Adhesive Glue Lines

For use with: G-2, Gel Magic, QuickCure 5 &15, MetlWeld, and T-88.

Mixed adhesive coverage in square feet per gallon

 

Thickness

Softwood

Hardwood

Clamped Joints

3-4 mils

400

500

Vacuum Bagging

8 mils

200

200

Stapled Veneer

20 mils

80

80

 

 

Fillets

For use with: EZ-Fillet

Fillet Size

1/4” X 1/4”

1/2” X 1/2"

3/4” X 3/4”

1” x 1”

Ounces Per Linear Foot

4

8

11

14

 

 

 

Fairing

For use with: Quikfair

Fairing Thickness

1/16”

1/8”

1/4 “

3/8”

Ounces Per Square Foot

5

10

20

30

 

 

U-TAH Cartridge*

 

Bead Size

1/8” x 1/8”

1/4” x 1/4"

3/8” x 3/8”

T-88

44’

22’

11’

GelMagic

34’

17’

9’

Quick Cure 5 & 15

44’

22’

11’

*The units reflected are linear feet per cartridge.

 

For a printable version of this section of The Epoxy Book, click the PDF icon below.

1 Response

Kevin Mulligan
Kevin Mulligan

May 24, 2017

I am with Crystal River Boat Builders in Florida and we used a couple of small containers (8 or 10 0z.) of your two-part thickened epoxy “Gel Magic” on our latest boat, an 8-ft. rowing dinghy and were very pleased with ease of mixing and applying. I’d like to get some more but did not see it packaged the same on your website. One of our builders got the previous container thru an offer in Wooden Boat Magazine. Is it still available?

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