[Shop-talk] pourable UV resistant clear finish?

[David Hillman]

On Wed, 27 Sep 2017, Darrell Walker wrote:
> 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?

    Marine epoxies will meet your requirements.  I have used MAS epoxy on 
various wooden boats, and it is completely clear.  You may want to varnish 
it every few years, depending on how much the car is actually outside.

<https://masepoxies.com/shop/>

    Detail of one of my boats, which is completely waterproofed with MAS 
two-part 30-series epoxy ( with Minwax Helmsman Spar urethane clear gloss 
over top ).

<http://planet-torque.com/boat/shearwater/IMAG0024.jpg>

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  David Hillman