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the 1st thing i'd do
By:mike allen --->
Date: 1/31/2002, 1:33 pm
In Response To: S&G: WGW Construction. Day 2 (rb)

i've not made a stitcher, and aside from mechanical bond issues, the very very 1st thing i'd do is seal coat the outside and inside(for the rowboat only as you can see it) of the ply.

then all your dirty hands marks, spills, glue overruns, grease and other stain possibilities will be hugely, hugely minimized. you are going to epoxy these areas sometime, so there is no weight penalty by doing it early.

like even for these first scarfs or butts, if you get glue overrun on bare wood, when you do the final glassing or first seal coat, these areas have a greater likelihood of showing up as a separate reflecting surface as well as possible slight color and character changes.

Messages In This Thread

S&G: WGW Construction. Day 2
rb -- 1/31/2002, 11:22 am
Re: Take a minute to learn about epoxy
Chip Sandresky -- 1/31/2002, 3:17 pm
Re: S&G: WGW Construction. Day 2
Jim Owens -- 1/31/2002, 3:15 pm
the 1st thing i'd do
mike allen ---> -- 1/31/2002, 1:33 pm
What is the wood flour for?
rb -- 1/31/2002, 1:03 pm
You use it to make Wood Biscuits *NM*
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 2/1/2002, 10:35 am
Re: You use it to make Wood Biscuits
daren neufeld -- 2/1/2002, 10:17 pm
Re: Nick Made a Funny ??? :) :) O.T.
Rehd -- 2/1/2002, 1:26 pm
Cookies that don't crumble ...
Bill Price -- 2/1/2002, 2:38 pm
Re: Cookies that don't crumble ...
Rehd -- 2/1/2002, 3:07 pm
The International Cookie conspiracy solved! *Pic*
!RUSS -- 2/2/2002, 5:37 pm
Re: The International Cookie conspiracy solved!
Rehd -- 2/2/2002, 7:18 pm
Ice Fishing Shack or Church in the morning :D *Pic*
!RUSS -- 2/2/2002, 8:07 pm
Re: What is the wood flour for?
Scott Fitzgerrell -- 1/31/2002, 4:51 pm
Re: What is the wood flour for?
Ken Finger -- 1/31/2002, 2:09 pm
Re: What is the wood flour for?
rb -- 1/31/2002, 2:40 pm
Re: What is the wood flour for?
Ken Finger -- 1/31/2002, 3:38 pm
Was wood flour added or not?
Joe -- 1/31/2002, 4:50 pm
Re: Was wood flour added or not?
rb -- 1/31/2002, 5:02 pm
Re: Was wood flour added or not?
Joe -- 1/31/2002, 5:17 pm
Re: Was wood flour added or not?
rb -- 1/31/2002, 8:18 pm
Re: Was wood flour added or not?
Joe -- 1/31/2002, 9:15 pm
wood flour is a memory additive
!RUSS -- 1/31/2002, 8:58 pm
Re: What is the wood flour for?
Jim -- 1/31/2002, 4:48 pm
Re: What is the wood flour for?
Canary -- 1/31/2002, 3:14 pm
Re: What is the wood flour for?
Jon Murray -- 1/31/2002, 2:57 pm
You're Ok, I think .....
Joe -- 1/31/2002, 2:51 pm
Re: What is the wood flour for?
bret -- 1/31/2002, 2:23 pm
Re: S&G: WGW Construction. Day 2
Rehd -- 1/31/2002, 12:24 pm
Re: S&G: WGW Construction. Day 2
Ben Staley -- 1/31/2002, 11:34 am