Originally Posted by
onthebeachalone
The trick he showed me was to coat the wood with epoxy first, as expected, but not too liberally. Lay the tape where required, then dab the tape quite firmly with the end of a fairly dry brush. Dabbing, dabbing, dabbing... all along the tape. This seems to push the tape down thru the epoxy and force any bubbles, and surplus epoxy, up through the weave.
As you go along you can see the tape being bonded to the wood with a very thin layer of epoxy. What I had not understood is that straight brushing, and/or applying more epoxy encourages the tape to "float" on a layer of epoxy that is actually seperating the tape from the wood. (I think!). It just gets worse.
Once you can see that the tape is "bonded" you can add more epoxy over the top and it just fills out the weave. The tape stays stuck.