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Re: Update On my progress
By:Rick S.
Date: 5/6/1999, 3:39 pm
In Response To: Update On my progress (Jack Sanderson)


> I plan to do put a second layer of 1" tape on top of the 2"
> tape. Do other folks do the two layers at once or do you wait for the
> first layer to dry?

> Any other tricks or tips for rolling out wet tape? Mine kept "driving
> off the road" and flipping over.

I had the same problem and as I read your message I thought of an idea (although as yet untried). What if you wrapped the tape around a short length of plastic tube like a drinking straw after it is wet out. Find the stiffest clothes hanger you can find and bend a length of it into an "L" shape. Tape the clothes hanger to a broomstick. Slide the plastic tube over the hanger/broomstick and just roll the fiberglass tape onto the seam.

Hope this helps,

Rick

Messages In This Thread

Taping the Hull/Deck Seam
Jack Sanderson -- 5/4/1999, 6:28 pm
Re: Taping the Hull/Deck Seam
John Atchison -- 5/5/1999, 2:49 pm
Re: Taping the Hull/Deck Seam
Jay Babina -- 5/5/1999, 12:14 pm
Re: Taping the Hull/Deck Seam
Paul Lund -- 5/5/1999, 6:18 am
Re: Taping the Hull/Deck Seam - Photo
Joe Greenley -- 5/4/1999, 7:16 pm
Update On my progress
Jack Sanderson -- 5/6/1999, 2:09 pm
Re: Update On my progress
Mike Hanks -- 5/8/1999, 11:52 am
Re: Update On my progress
Rick S. -- 5/6/1999, 3:39 pm
Method #3
Paul Woolson -- 5/5/1999, 12:18 pm