: I like hot glue. I use hot glue TO TACK STRIPS TO STATIONS on the deck and
: hull sides of my boats and I use staples for the hull bottom where they
: are not visable.

: Make certain you use only hot glue designed for holding wood which is usually
: yellow in color.

: Hot glue WILL NOT adhere to masking tape, or any other tape, so seal the
: station edges with ONE coat of fast drying shellac. You want the glue to
: stick to the stations.

Hi Rob,
Thanks for all of your technics. I like to try everything. I don't have the yellow hot glue sticks and I didn't see any at Menards but I will look around for them. I will also try shellacing a couple of station before applying the yellow hot glue. The white hot glue stuck very well to my raw wood station but come off easily from my red cedar. And it hardly stuck at all to the duck tape. I have ended up dry fitting, after doing all of the soaking, steaming, etc. I am a two strip a day guy and to do more would require another 18 spring clamps.
Thanks again, John