Date: 4/8/1999, 5:26 pm
> I'd guess that the cloth will fall off, although I've never had to epoxy
> upside down while building a kayak. Does Wooden Boat magazine have a BBS
> that caters to builders of larger boats? If so I'm sure that they have
> encountered this problem before as it's much tougher to flip over a 30ft.
> sailboat than a 17ft kayak.
> I also suspect that the weight of the cloth might play a role. A very
> light cloth that didn't require a lot of epoxy to wet-out might stick,
> whereas a heavy cloth might not. The saturated cloth is the weight that is
> pulling off the surface. The tensile strength of the uncured epoxy is what
> is holding it on.
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Messages In This Thread
- Fiberglassing upside down?
JC -- 4/8/1999, 2:28 pm- Re: Fiberglassing upside down?
Nolan Penney -- 4/9/1999, 8:32 am- Anything is possible, given enough motivation
Pete Rudie -- 4/9/1999, 1:43 am- Re: Fiberglassing upside down?
Mike Scarborough -- 4/8/1999, 4:50 pm- Yup they do ...
Brian T. Cunningham -- 4/8/1999, 5:26 pm
- Anything is possible, given enough motivation
- Re: Fiberglassing upside down?