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Re: Strip Built Using Foam Instead of wood?
By:John Monfoe
Date: 9/29/2001, 6:12 am
In Response To: Re: Strip Built Using Foam Instead of wood? (Jim Kozel)

: How about the whole issue of delamination? Epoxy bonds the fiberglass just
: fine to the foam, but the layer delaminates when it takes a hit, the foam
: tearing away just beyond the epoxied foam layer.

Jim, the delamination problem is what made me give up this idea of building with foam. But if one did build with foam I would abandon using strips and use whole sheets using a bank of heat lamps to settle the panel into shape.

John

Messages In This Thread

Strip Built Using Foam Instead of wood?
Rich -- 9/25/2001, 2:17 pm
Re: Foam Guillemot
Mike Hanks -- 9/28/2001, 8:17 pm
Re: Foam Guillemot
Rich -- 9/29/2001, 4:45 pm
Re: Strip Built Using Foam Instead of wood?
Geo. Cushing -- 9/26/2001, 10:51 am
Re: Strip Built Using Foam Instead of wood?
Dick Lemke -- 9/28/2001, 12:17 am
Re: Strip Built Using Foam Instead of wood?
Geo. Cushing -- 9/28/2001, 2:49 pm
Re: Strip Built Using Foam Instead of wood?
Dick Lemke -- 9/29/2001, 8:27 pm
Re: Still Strip Built Using Foam Instead of wood?
Geo. Cushing -- 10/1/2001, 2:34 pm
Re: Strip Built Using Foam Instead of wood?
Jim Kozel -- 9/28/2001, 10:55 am
Re: Strip Built Using Foam Instead of wood?
John Monfoe -- 9/29/2001, 6:12 am
Re: Strip Built Using Foam Instead of wood?
Geo. Cushing -- 9/28/2001, 2:57 pm
Re: Strip Built Using Foam Instead of wood?
Dick Lemke -- 9/29/2001, 8:04 pm
Re: Strip Built Using Foam Instead of wood?
Geo. Cushing -- 10/1/2001, 1:25 pm
Re: Strip Built Using Foam Instead of wood?
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 9/26/2001, 9:28 am
Plaster Molds
John Monfoe -- 9/26/2001, 5:41 am
Car Casts
mike allen ---> -- 9/26/2001, 2:17 pm
Re: Car Casts
John Monfoe -- 9/26/2001, 6:03 pm
Re: Car Casts
Dan Oren -- 9/28/2001, 7:36 am
Re: Car Casts must be sealed.
John Monfoe -- 9/29/2001, 6:03 am
Strip Built-Foam/wood?
Rich -- 9/26/2001, 1:13 am
run, don't walk, to the art supply store :)
Paul G. Jacobson -- 9/25/2001, 7:39 pm
Re: Strip Built Using Foam Instead of wood?
Doug K -- 9/25/2001, 4:40 pm
Re: Strip Built Using Foam Instead of wood?
Craig Bumgarner -- 9/25/2001, 4:24 pm
Re: Strip Built Using Foam Instead of wood?
Jim -- 9/25/2001, 2:46 pm
Re: Strip Built Using Foam Instead of wood?
Rob Macks -- 9/25/2001, 2:45 pm
Re: Strip Built Using Foam Instead of wood?
Jim Kozel -- 9/25/2001, 9:36 pm