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Alternative tape choice
By:Andreas
Date: 10/17/2001, 11:33 am
In Response To: Re: Staple-less stripper construction (John Schroeder)

I found that the green painters masking tape in 1.5" wide works well. I never had to clean up any residue. You rip the occasional piece. Depending on how tight you want the joint along the length of the boat, I typically ended up with 4-5 strips between forms.

I addition I also used the wedges and U-bracked as outlined by Tom Moore.

I comes down how picky you are. This is a slow method - 1 -2 strips per evening.

Andreas
: I think the site that provided the most clues prior to starting my project
: was Spidey's site (aka Ken) at
: http://www.dbeweb.com/kayak/pages/build.html

: On my boat, I've used bead ? cove, clamps like Spidey shows at the forms, and
: Scotch Brand strapping tape instead of the grey tape. I tried the grey
: tape but found the strapping tape easier to work with. Did try one other
: brand (Ace Hardware) and didn't like it nearly as well as the Scotch brand
: - it was too difficult to get off without spawning strings.

Messages In This Thread

Staple-less stripper construction
Chad Smith -- 10/16/2001, 3:19 pm
Re: Staple-less stripper construction *Pic*
Rick Thomas -- 10/17/2001, 10:51 pm
Re: Staple-less stripper construction
Bobby Curtis -- 10/18/2001, 8:26 am
Re: Staple-less stripper construction
Rick Thomas -- 10/18/2001, 9:02 am
Re: Staple-less
Jim McCool -- 10/17/2001, 11:30 am
Re: Staple-less stripper construction
daren neufeld -- 10/16/2001, 10:07 pm
Re: Staple-less stripper construction
Chad Smith -- 10/17/2001, 7:54 am
David Hazens book
Elliott -- 10/17/2001, 11:56 am
Re: Staple-less a good read
Dave Houser -- 10/16/2001, 7:43 pm
Re: Staple-less stripper construction
Frank Eberdt -- 10/16/2001, 6:01 pm
Re: Staple-less stripper construction
Jason -- 10/16/2001, 4:38 pm
Re: Staple-less stripper construction *Pic*
Chip Sandresky -- 10/16/2001, 4:20 pm
Re: Staple-less stripper construction
Rehd -- 10/16/2001, 4:15 pm
Re: Staple-less stripper construction
Jerry Siegel -- 10/16/2001, 4:04 pm
Re: Staple-less stripper construction
John Schroeder -- 10/16/2001, 3:59 pm
Alternative tape choice
Andreas -- 10/17/2001, 11:33 am