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Re: Pete is Right On The Money about CPES
By:Pete Rudie
Date: 1/25/2002, 4:24 am
In Response To: Pete is Right On The Money about CPES *Pic* (Joe Greenley)

What is your opinion of using CPES as a seal coat on a stripper? Ever try it? Can you think of a reason not to?

One of the East Coast pros posted a message a while ago saying that rot was the big risk with this type of construction. Structurally there isn't much that can go wrong that can't be fixed with duct tape long enough to get you home, but dings in the glass can allow water penetration into the strips. Then it wicks through fibers and along joints and causes cancer over time. For instance, I didn't pay nearly as much attention to the inside of my Guillemot as to the outside, back it didn't seem to matter. But with all the wet entries and roll practice, there are a couple spots visible on the outside where cancer has started from the inside. I plan to run some CPES in those areas, slosh it around and hope for the best.

CPES looks like a good way to head all that off, at a reasonable investment in time and materials. And not much of a weight penalty, either.

Congrats on getting the King up and running. Keep a set of plans warm for me, OK?

Messages In This Thread

Paddle: Hey Pete Rudie--CPES final opinion?
Shawn Baker -- 1/23/2002, 4:44 pm
Re: Paddle: Hey Pete Rudie--CPES final opinion?
Severne -- 1/24/2002, 6:01 pm
Re: Paddle: Hey Pete Rudie--CPES final opinion?
Shawn Baker -- 1/24/2002, 7:36 pm
I Wonder....
Ted Henry -- 1/24/2002, 8:12 pm
Re: I Wonder....
Pete Rudie -- 1/24/2002, 8:50 pm
Re: I Wonder....
Severne -- 1/25/2002, 5:22 pm
Hey Mr. Engineer guy,
Pete Rudie -- 1/25/2002, 7:42 pm
Re: Hey Mr. Engineer guy,
Severne -- 1/28/2002, 11:19 am
Hey, I can break 'em with the best...
Pete Rudie -- 1/29/2002, 12:17 pm
Re: Paddle: Hey Pete Rudie--CPES final opinion?
Pete Rudie -- 1/24/2002, 7:59 pm
Re: Paddle: Hey Pete Rudie--CPES final opinion?
Shawn Baker -- 1/25/2002, 10:16 am
Re: Paddle: Hey Pete Rudie--CPES final opinion?
Joe -- 1/25/2002, 6:38 pm
Re: Paddle: Hey Pete Rudie--CPES final opinion?
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 1/26/2002, 11:36 am
Re: Paddle: Hey Pete Rudie--CPES final opinion?
Pete Rudie -- 1/25/2002, 7:35 pm
Re: Paddle: Hey Pete Rudie--CPES final opinion?
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 1/25/2002, 9:58 am
Re: Paddle: Hey Pete Rudie--CPES final opinion?
Pete Rudie -- 1/25/2002, 11:04 am
Oops, I goofed...
Pete Rudie -- 1/24/2002, 8:12 pm
Re: Paddle: Hey Pete Rudie--CPES final opinion?
Don Beale -- 1/24/2002, 7:10 pm
Re: Paddle: Hey Pete Rudie--CPES final opinion?
Pete Rudie -- 1/25/2002, 2:20 am
Re: Paddle: Hey Pete Rudie--CPES final opinion? *Pic*
Pete Rudie -- 1/24/2002, 12:37 pm
Ok, Pete. Could you explain CPES? *NM*
Bill Price -- 1/24/2002, 3:54 pm
Clear Penetrating Epoxy Sealer
Pete Rudie -- 1/24/2002, 7:27 pm
Re: CPES
KenC -- 1/25/2002, 12:48 am
Re: CPES
Pete Rudie -- 1/25/2002, 2:03 am
Pete is Right On The Money about CPES *Pic*
Joe Greenley -- 1/25/2002, 3:15 am
Re: You shouldn't have posted that picture
Shawn Baker -- 1/25/2002, 10:14 am
Re: Pete is Right On The Money about CPES
Pete Rudie -- 1/25/2002, 4:24 am
Re: Pete - CPES as a seal coat - Will Try It
Joe Greenley -- 1/25/2002, 11:56 am
Re: Pete is Right On The Money about CPES
Shawn Baker -- 1/25/2002, 10:20 am
Re: Borates and Wood deterioration....
John B. -- 1/25/2002, 7:35 pm
Re: Borates and Wood deterioration....
John B. -- 1/25/2002, 7:34 pm
Re: Pete is Right On The Money about CPES
Pete Rudie -- 1/25/2002, 10:55 am
Re: Paddle: Hey Pete Rudie--CPES final opinion?
Shawn Baker -- 1/24/2002, 2:12 pm