[Shop-talk] pourable UV resistant clear finish?

[Jack Brooks]

Darrell,

Clear, low or no VOC epoxy should work fine as a potting compound and you should be able to find a UV stable product.

Jack
1960 TR3A
1980 TR8
Covington, WA

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From: Shop-talk [mailto:shop-talk-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Darrell Walker
Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2017 5:09 PM
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Subject: [Shop-talk] pourable UV resistant clear finish?


I want to customize the wheel center caps on my TR8.  I have some Triumph badges I want to use, but they are intended for the steering wheel of a TR7, so I don’t think they are designed to hold up to exterior use.  I was thinking of sticking them in the center caps, the pouring a layer of some kind of clear to seal and protect them.  But the question is what to use?  I bought some UV cure polyester, but it had a slight blue tint (which might be OK), but it also popped out of the plastic cup I was using as a test part way though the cure.  There are clear epoxy coatings, though I don’t know how clear they will be, and how well they will hold up to UV (though the car isn’t stored outside).  Any other ideas?

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Darrell Walker
66 TR4A IRS-SC CTC67956L
81 TR8 SATPZ458XBA406206
Vancouver, WA, USA

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