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I missed that discussion before.
By:Dale Frolander
Date: 6/29/2001, 2:18 am
In Response To: Repair Discussion Link (Ted Henry)

Thanks for the link.

That's exactly what they look like. They weren't there before I did the end pour, but they were afterward. They are caused by excess compressive stress. Just bend a piece of scrap layup and you'll see them start showing up. The strands of glass buckle and delaminate when compressed and it doesn't help that the fibers are already bent from going over and under the weave. That's why plain weave isn't as good non-woven cloth.

: Dale,

: It just came to me (while working on the new kayak no less) that there was a
: related discussion a few days ago about the white dots. Here's the link:
: http://www.kayakforum.com/cgi-bin/Building/index.cgi?read=47171

: Ted

Messages In This Thread

Fiberglass cloth all stressed out
Dale Frolander -- 6/28/2001, 3:54 pm
Re: Fiberglass cloth all stressed out
Doug K. -- 6/29/2001, 11:17 am
Re: Fiberglass cloth all stressed out
Dale Frolander -- 6/29/2001, 9:58 pm
I think I have the answer.
John Monfoe -- 6/29/2001, 5:18 am
Re: I think I have the answer.
John Monfoe -- 6/29/2001, 5:26 am
Repair Discussion Link
Ted Henry -- 6/28/2001, 11:26 pm
I missed that discussion before.
Dale Frolander -- 6/29/2001, 2:18 am
Re: Fiberglass cloth all stressed out
John Michne -- 6/28/2001, 8:00 pm
Re: Fiberglass cloth all stressed out
Dale Frolander -- 6/28/2001, 9:36 pm
Re: Fiberglass cloth all stressed out
Ted Henry -- 6/28/2001, 6:45 pm