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Re: Wetting out tape on Pygmy butt joints
By:Pete Rudie
Date: 4/20/2001, 10:41 am
In Response To: Wetting out tape on Pygmy butt joints (Shawn Baker)

Try rolling up the tape dry, putting it in a small cup, adding mixed epoxy and working it with the fingers to saturate the tape. Wear gloves, of course. Then unroll it along the seam. Works best to do each side in two phases, from the cockpit to each end.

: I'm helping a friend with some local "tech support" as he's
: building an Arctic Tern and a Coho. He started with the insides of the
: butt joints, but is having a problem getting that fine-weave glass tape to
: wet out fully and disappear.

: I told him I thought he should brush the epoxy onto both sides of the tape
: before applying it to the wood to make sure it get a chance to saturate--I
: didn't think the epoxy was traveling completely through the tape, causing
: his white spots. Any other thoughts?

: Shawn

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Wetting out tape on Pygmy butt joints
Shawn Baker -- 4/20/2001, 10:08 am
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Lee Gardner -- 4/23/2001, 10:23 am
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Mike -- 4/21/2001, 12:06 pm
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Robert Palmeter -- 4/20/2001, 4:20 pm
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Bill Sivori -- 4/20/2001, 8:16 pm
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Mike Hanks -- 4/20/2001, 3:00 pm
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Dave Grimmer -- 4/20/2001, 2:17 pm
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Dean Trexel -- 4/20/2001, 1:05 pm
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Bill Price -- 4/20/2001, 12:29 pm
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Jim Owens -- 4/20/2001, 12:49 pm
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Bill Price -- 4/20/2001, 2:29 pm
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skip -- 4/20/2001, 4:14 pm
Presealing plywood pieces
mike allen ---> -- 4/20/2001, 3:07 pm
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Shawn Baker -- 4/20/2001, 12:35 pm
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Bill Price -- 4/20/2001, 2:17 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 4/20/2001, 10:45 am
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Larry C. -- 4/20/2001, 12:11 pm
Re: Wetting out tape on Pygmy butt joints
Pete Rudie -- 4/20/2001, 10:41 am
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David -- 4/23/2001, 3:12 pm
Re: Wetting out tape on Pygmy butt joints
Shawn Baker -- 4/20/2001, 10:53 am
Re: Wetting out tape on Pygmy butt joints
Chris Casazza -- 4/20/2001, 10:33 am