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Re: Paddle: Paddle Building
By:Bill Chitty
Date: 2/13/2002, 10:10 pm
In Response To: Re: Paddle: Paddle Building (Chip Sandresky)

: #@$& Geocities. I got an error when I tried to get to your page.
: Backspacing over the last character of the URL "/" let me right
: in. Geocities is a mystery to me. Those look great Bill. I didn't read
: your full account but what Paul says is true; get some different epoxy.
: Raka has some small kits that you might want to check out www.raka.com
: or if you're near a marine hardware store you can probably get West
: System. MAS and System 3 are two others that are often used... The stuff
: I've used (Raka and System 3) doesn't bother me one bit.

: Keep up the good work :)

Thanks Chip, Paul and Don-

Great Ideas for serious improvements. I have been buying my fiberglass from Raka and their mini-manual on epoxy is also a great help. I can't believe I mis-quoted the Bondo as epoxy while the label plainly says "fiberglass resin". The eventual possibility of water induced delamination is also a concern here, maybe this is the time to switch to Poly glue. Cool, paddle on!

Messages In This Thread

Paddle: Paddle Building
Bill Chitty -- 2/12/2002, 9:37 pm
Re: Paddle: Paddle Building
Chip Sandresky -- 2/12/2002, 11:22 pm
Re: Paddle: Paddle Building
Bill Chitty -- 2/13/2002, 10:10 pm
Re: Paddle: Paddle Building
Paul G. Jacobson -- 2/14/2002, 8:59 pm
A slightly different point of view
Pete Rudie -- 2/14/2002, 11:18 pm
Good point
Paul G. Jacobson -- 2/14/2002, 11:58 pm
Re: Good point
Tom -- 2/19/2002, 12:16 am
Re: Paddle: Paddle Building *NM*
Bill Chitty -- 2/13/2002, 10:01 pm
Re:Try poly glue
Don Beale -- 2/12/2002, 11:15 pm
resin?
Paul G. Jacobson -- 2/12/2002, 11:02 pm