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Re: Strip: Skeg Tube
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 11/18/2007, 7:04 am
In Response To: Strip: Skeg Tube (Bryan Hansel)

: I'm thinking about doing a wire skeg on my current build. I'd like to run the
: steel cable through a plastic tube that will bond with epoxy. What kind of
: plastic tube do I need for bonding with fiberglass and epoxy?

Only thing I've seen used was polyethelene tube, and you really can't bond anything to it chemically, but you can roughen up the surface and get a decent machanical bond. The wire will eventually cut thru any softer tube.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Skeg Tube
Bryan Hansel -- 11/14/2007, 11:08 am
Re: Strip: Skeg Tube
Bill Hamm -- 11/18/2007, 7:04 am
Re: Strip: Skeg Tube
Jay Babina -- 11/16/2007, 7:11 am
Re: Strip: Skeg Tube
Bryan Hansel -- 11/16/2007, 12:38 pm
Re: Strip: Skeg Tube
Jay Babina -- 11/16/2007, 3:00 pm
Re: Strip: Skeg Tube *LINK*
Bryan Hansel -- 11/16/2007, 3:10 pm
Re: Strip: Skeg Tube
Robert Hancock -- 11/16/2007, 5:24 am
Does it have to bond?
Donald -- 11/15/2007, 3:54 pm
Re: Does it have to bond?
Bryan Hansel -- 11/15/2007, 6:15 pm
Re: Strip: Skeg Tube
Björn Thomasson -- 11/14/2007, 5:55 pm
Re: Strip: Skeg Tube
Pat Deopp -- 11/15/2007, 10:33 am
Re: Strip: Skeg Tube
Reg Lake -- 11/14/2007, 2:36 pm