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Re: Glass Seam Overhangs
By:mike allen ---}
Date: 2/29/2000, 11:29 am
In Response To: Re: Glass Seam Overhangs (frits swinkels)

> Let me get this straight: you have a piece of 1" fibreglass cloth
> hanging of the i/s of the hull and the same on the outside of the deck.
> Put them together, wet out the little overhangs and join them to their
> opposing piece.

> If that is what you mean, it won't work. The little overhangs suck up or
> wick enough epoxy to become brittle when the epoxy sets and your little
> overhangs break.

Hi Frits

I think you're prob. right about the outside ones. They would be extremely difficult to stop drips etc from contaminating the edge. However if you masked the glass edge would that work? Say you laid on the glass overhanging the 1", Put on 1" or wider wide masking tape to cut the edge, Flipped it over and masked the underside and then laid it up, pull of the tape afterward and you've got an edge.

For the i/s, see Ed's post Jan 12, read=21959

There's no doubt, for it to work the edges have to be clear and certainly at some scale there would be compromises.

But the possibility of having really clean seams is compelling.

-mick

Messages In This Thread

Joining (and fiberglassing) hull and deck
Marcelo 9 7/8 -- 2/28/2000, 8:15 am
Re: Joining (and fiberglassing) hull and deck
Tfarre -- 2/28/2000, 4:07 pm
Re: Joining (and fiberglassing) hull and deck
Eric Schade (shearwater Boats) -- 3/1/2000, 6:41 pm
Re: Joining (and fiberglassing) hull and deck
Earl Bailey -- 2/28/2000, 1:13 pm
Glass Seam Overhangs
mike allen ---} -- 2/28/2000, 12:44 pm
Re: Glass Seam Overhangs
frits swinkels -- 2/28/2000, 11:50 pm
Re: Glass Seam Overhangs
mike allen ---} -- 2/29/2000, 11:29 am
Re: Joining (and fiberglassing) hull and deck
Jack -- 2/28/2000, 11:27 am
Re: Joining (and fiberglassing) hull and deck
Ross Leidy -- 2/28/2000, 9:20 am