dancam wrote:Whats popular for sealing the plywood floor where your carriage bolt goes through against rot? Silicon? Window and door calking? Pl premium? Do you actually treat it with 'the mix' first?
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dancam wrote:Ok! How long after putting 'the mix' on the edges of the holes do i have to wait before bolting and calking it up? I bought some urethane today.
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tony.latham wrote:dancam wrote:Ok! How long after putting 'the mix' on the edges of the holes do i have to wait before bolting and calking it up? I bought some urethane today.
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Almost immediately if you were not caulking. But if you are going to caulk, then I'd wait at least a day.
Poly has a fast cure time but when you thin it, it takes a long time for those thinners to evaporate and thus a much longer cure time.
Tony
faster evaporating thinner like isopropyl alcohol?
dancam wrote:tony.latham wrote:dancam wrote:Ok! How long after putting 'the mix' on the edges of the holes do i have to wait before bolting and calking it up? I bought some urethane today.
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Almost immediately if you were not caulking. But if you are going to caulk, then I'd wait at least a day.
Poly has a fast cure time but when you thin it, it takes a long time for those thinners to evaporate and thus a much longer cure time.
Tony
Hmm, ok. I had read to use mineral spirits which take forever to evaporate. What about using a faster evaporating thinner like isopropyl alcohol?
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working on it wrote:dancam wrote:tony.latham wrote:dancam wrote:Ok! How long after putting 'the mix' on the edges of the holes do i have to wait before bolting and calking it up? I bought some urethane today.
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Almost immediately if you were not caulking. But if you are going to caulk, then I'd wait at least a day.
Poly has a fast cure time but when you thin it, it takes a long time for those thinners to evaporate and thus a much longer cure time.
Tony
Hmm, ok. I had read to use mineral spirits which take forever to evaporate. What about using a faster evaporating thinner like isopropyl alcohol?
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- I tried several different types of thinner, experimenting to achieve the best combination of application time/flash time/cure time, when doing test pieces prior to actually using poly "mixes", and later thinned initial coats of my various paints (farm implement and reflective silo paints). My tests were done in 80-85 degree weather, slightly more humid than I liked, but showed that the poly "mix" worked best with the cheapest, highest VOC thinner, the farm implement paint best when thinned with the same, but the silo paint worked best when thinned with mineral spirits. The silo paint had high VOC already, so to prolong the drying time I needed mineral spirits to enable the reflective aluminum particles to spread evenly. I totally avoided the "odorless", milky-white paint thinner that I find in stores next to the good stuff...it's not even good enough to clean brushes with, IMHO.
- Even so, when I poly'd the exterior, in direct sun and 106 degree heat, the two coats of 50/50 mix both dried within minutes, followed by a 100% coat of poly, dried after two hours, and another full coat, which dried overnight, after garaging it. I also painted the front, in a different manner, using only one coat each of "mix", full poly, 75% implement paint (dried in two hours), and 100% paint.
- When I applied the silo paint on the front slope, it was drying slower than the other surfaces (due to mineral spirits on the first and third coats), so I applied the final coat in the garage, the next day, when I did the sides, top, put two more coats on the front,and finished the previously started hatch in the much cooler work area. The unattached doors, and the contrasting black edging (which sealed the exposed plywood edge grain), were done later that weekend (I spent 9 consecutive afternoons over at my friend's shop, 50 miles from home, but only did work on the trailer for half that time!).
- Still, by painting most of the trailer in temperatures much higher than recommended, and using faster dissipating thinner for the "mix", I was able to apply all exterior coatings (and the inside of the hatch and doors), allowed them to dry, and never had to wait very long to continue the assembly of the trailer. I recommend using high VOC paint thinner over mineral spirits for the "mix", but use mineral spirits if paint properties require slower drying time.
multiple coats of poly and paint done in one afternoon in 06 degree heat
finishing the paint job in an air-conditioned 40x60 shop, the next afternoon
BigRay wrote:every hole gets a liberal coat of TB3
dancam wrote:I dont have anything called high voc paint thinner, so out of what i have what would be best for fast drying just to do 3/8 dia holes?
Isopropyl alcohol 99%
Mineral spirits,
denatured alcohol
Xylene
Acetone
Medium speed urethane grade reducer low voc (1.7pounds/gallon)
Methyl ethyl ketone
Gunwash (toluene,mek,methanol mix)
working on it wrote:
- I used carriage bolts all over my trailer, they are my primary fasteners, using them to bolt my trailer together, reserving use of screws to the interior only. I used carriage bolts (with either acorn nuts or nylocks) to attach the floor to frame, all wall attachment brackets, all door/hatch handles-locks-hinges...everywhere. I used 1/4"-20 (90% of fasteners used were stainless steel), except for the floor to frame (3/8"-16), and a 1/2"-13 for my spare tire attachment. All holes were thru 3/4" plywood; most holes were drilled prior to saturation with the "mix", during the initial stages of the build, so I carefully coated all threads with the same Loctite PL adhesive I used for all joints, using enough to guarantee no leaks, and I over-coated the exposed heads (exterior) with clear acrylic (UV resistant). Holes drilled later on, thru wood previously saturated with the mix and paint, got the same PL adhesive and acrylic. Underneath the trailer, I also used spray-on automotive undercoating, for extra sealing. By using PL directly on the threads of the bolts, I made sure that the inner grain of the plywood was completely sealed, and all excess spread under the carriage bolt head and under the nut, so as to be completely waterproof.
- So far, after 4 years, no leaks! But, I still worry about the eight holes drilled in the roof, so I touch up the acrylic over the acorn nuts every year. Another thing, I have had problems when removing the stainless fasteners... they are soft, and break sometimes (I used a 1/4" impact for assembly, probably over-torquing them), so I am replacing them with std. carriage bolts, using the same sealing regimen.
- carriage bolt heads coated with "mix" & acrylic, threads sealed w/PL adhesive
linuxmanxxx wrote:A deviant person could trap you in with a padlock with that setup but a nice looking door.
working on it wrote:dancam wrote:tony.latham wrote:dancam wrote:Ok! How long after putting 'the mix' on the edges of the holes do i have to wait before bolting and calking it up? I bought some urethane today.
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Almost immediately if you were not caulking. But if you are going to caulk, then I'd wait at least a day.
Poly has a fast cure time but when you thin it, it takes a long time for those thinners to evaporate and thus a much longer cure time.
Tony
Hmm, ok. I had read to use mineral spirits which take forever to evaporate. What about using a faster evaporating thinner like isopropyl alcohol?
Sent from my SM-G920W8 using Tapatalk
- I tried several different types of thinner, experimenting to achieve the best combination of application time/flash time/cure time, when doing test pieces prior to actually using poly "mixes", and later thinned initial coats of my various paints (farm implement and reflective silo paints). My tests were done in 80-85 degree weather, slightly more humid than I liked, but showed that the poly "mix" worked best with the cheapest, highest VOC thinner, the farm implement paint best when thinned with the same, but the silo paint worked best when thinned with mineral spirits. The silo paint had high VOC already, so to prolong the drying time I needed mineral spirits to enable the reflective aluminum particles to spread evenly. I totally avoided the "odorless", milky-white paint thinner that I find in stores next to the good stuff...it's not even good enough to clean brushes with, IMHO.
- Even so, when I poly'd the exterior, in direct sun and 106 degree heat, the two coats of 50/50 mix both dried within minutes, followed by a 100% coat of poly, dried after two hours, and another full coat, which dried overnight, after garaging it. I also painted the front, in a different manner, using only one coat each of "mix", full poly, 75% implement paint (dried in two hours), and 100% paint.
- When I applied the silo paint on the front slope, it was drying slower than the other surfaces (due to mineral spirits on the first and third coats), so I applied the final coat in the garage, the next day, when I did the sides, top, put two more coats on the front,and finished the previously started hatch in the much cooler work area. The unattached doors, and the contrasting black edging (which sealed the exposed plywood edge grain), were done later that weekend (I spent 9 consecutive afternoons over at my friend's shop, 50 miles from home, but only did work on the trailer for half that time!).
- Still, by painting most of the trailer in temperatures much higher than recommended, and using faster dissipating thinner for the "mix", I was able to apply all exterior coatings (and the inside of the hatch and doors), allowed them to dry, and never had to wait very long to continue the assembly of the trailer. I recommend using high VOC paint thinner over mineral spirits for the "mix", but use mineral spirits if paint properties require slower drying time.
multiple coats of poly and paint done in one afternoon in 06 degree heat
finishing the paint job in an air-conditioned 40x60 shop, the next afternoon
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