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Re: Tern Deck Taping
By:Tim Stough
Date: 5/31/2000, 10:12 am
In Response To: Re: Tern Deck Taping (Julie Kanarr)

: Are you planning to include hatches? If so, waiting to do the inside deck
: seam until AFTER you've cut out the hatches makes it easier. (Do all of
: the exterior stuff, including fiberglass & fill coats on the deck,
: first. Then cut hatches. Then do the inside sheer seam.)

I agree whole heartedly. Louise and I waited for the the hatches to be cut and then did a small fillet, allowed the fillet to dry, and taped the deck from about one foot short of the bow to about one foot short of the keel (thet's how far we could reach from the hatch openings). We ran out of tape thanks to the fact that we added more seams to the deck, so we cut up our leftover 6oz glass into 2"-3" strips and used that. It was much easier than the tube on a stick thing and we taped more of the seam which adds to our piece of mind.

Later,

Tim.

Messages In This Thread

Tern Deck Tapeing
Larry Pfisterer -- 5/30/2000, 8:00 pm
Re: Tern Deck Taping
Julie Kanarr -- 5/30/2000, 11:41 pm
Re: Tern Deck Taping
Tim Stough -- 5/31/2000, 10:12 am
Re: Tern Deck Tapeing
Dean Trexel -- 5/30/2000, 8:31 pm
Re: Tern Deck Tapeing
lee -- 5/30/2000, 10:48 pm
Re: Tern Deck Tapeing
Dean Trexel -- 5/31/2000, 5:04 pm