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Re: hatch cover question
By:jeff warrick
Date: 11/22/1998, 9:13 pm
In Response To: hatch cover question (Kenneth Paul)

> I am building a guillemot and my question is when it comes time to make
> the fiberglass lip for the hatch covers ( as per Nick's book ) would there
> be any problem if I wrapped the cover in saran wrap instead of waxing it?
> This way there won't be any wax residue to give problems with the varnish.
> Thanks Kenny I have used waxed paper for several epoxy jobs, sometimes because I want to epoxy both sides of a small piece and other times for an inlay piece that I want to tape down without the epoxy sticking. Like Nick said if you don't get everything flat there will be wrinkles, but other than that it works good. No varnishing problems.

Messages In This Thread

hatch cover question
Kenneth Paul -- 11/21/1998, 3:31 pm
Re: hatch cover question
Ross Leidy -- 11/23/1998, 9:08 am
Re: hatch cover question
jeff warrick -- 11/22/1998, 9:13 pm
Re: hatch cover question
Nick Schade -- 11/22/1998, 5:16 pm
Re: hatch cover question
Robert Woodard -- 11/21/1998, 7:48 pm
Re: hatch cover question
Jerry Weinraub -- 11/21/1998, 7:59 pm