I have found that pre-woven tape just doesn't wet out as well as regular cloth. I don't know why. Since it is also a fairly heavy weave, it is not as good as lighter cloth at conforming to shapes. With scraping, sanding, and re-coating, you can get fairly decent results, but never quite as good as regular cloth. The solution is to cut tape from a roll of cloth. Then you only have to deal with frizzy edges causing a mess.

I now use the prewoven tape on inside seams where the looks are less important, and hand cut tape for the outside.

: I`m having the damndest time trying to get the tape on the keel seam of my
: Coho to wet out fully (disappear).

: I rolled it on with a 1/8 inch foam roller and tried to tip it out with a
: foam brush but still got air bubbles, milky spots, and the edges don`t
: seem to want to lie down into the epoxy, but almost curl up to spite me.

: Also couldn`t seem to make it stick to the hull without puckering out at the
: almost 90 degree keel to stern transition.

: I got frustrated and peeled it off before it cured. Any advice before I try
: again would be greatly appreciated.

: Thanks, MBF