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Re: S&G: Butt Joints & Epoxy
By:Don Lucas
Date: 2/13/2003, 11:11 am
In Response To: Re: S&G: Butt Joints & Epoxy (LeeG)

: Kevin, I would really like to hear from someone who has been able to have
: 100% success with laying mylar over glass and butt joints and what they
: did to be consistant. I've only done it a couple times and it hasn't
: worked well for me. Maybe the table and weight above the joint have to be
: PERFECTLY flat, maybe there's a way of laying the mylar down,,or the side
: on the bottom,,,or something but it sure isn't as consistant and quick as
: a butt block given all the sanding one has to do for the screwed up
: joints.

Hello Lee, My son and I did his Artic Tern with no problems and one of them we used the wrong tape, heavy ,not light. We did it with the same idea as the use of peel ply in vaccum bagging. Everything very wet and the excess to bleed out to the sides and lots of red bricks on top of a MDF platen. I did make a 3'X16'OSB ply floor that was flat but not as smooth as plywood. I agree that tape is not worth the time you have to spend on the edges.
Don

Messages In This Thread

S&G: Butt Joints & Epoxy
Kevin T -- 2/13/2003, 1:05 am
Re: S&G: Butt Joints & Epoxy
Jeff The Tall -- 2/13/2003, 4:08 pm
Re: S&G: Butt Joints & Epoxy
Jay Babina -- 2/13/2003, 11:35 am
Re: S&G: Butt Joints & Epoxy
srchr/gerald -- 2/13/2003, 11:14 am
Re: S&G: Butt Joints & Epoxy
LeeG -- 2/13/2003, 11:45 am
very carefully...
srchr/gerald -- 2/13/2003, 5:17 pm
Re: S&G: Butt Joints & Epoxy
shawn servoss -- 2/13/2003, 11:58 am
Re: S&G: Butt Joints & Epoxy
LeeG -- 2/13/2003, 12:07 pm
Re: butt joints
ootek -- 2/13/2003, 3:32 pm
Re: butt joints
LeeG -- 2/13/2003, 3:39 pm
Re: S&G: Butt Joints & Epoxy
shawn servoss -- 2/13/2003, 12:15 pm
Re: S&G: Butt Joints & Epoxy
LeeG -- 2/13/2003, 10:13 am
Perfect Butt Joints
Severne -- 2/13/2003, 5:52 pm
Re: butt joints
ootek -- 2/13/2003, 3:43 pm
Re: S&G: Butt Joints & Epoxy *LINK*
Kurt Loup, Baton Rouge -- 2/13/2003, 12:02 pm
Re: S&G: Butt Joints & Epoxy
Dan Beatty -- 2/13/2003, 11:38 am
Re: S&G: Butt Joints & Epoxy
Don Lucas -- 2/13/2003, 11:11 am
Re: butt joints
ootek -- 2/13/2003, 10:11 am
Re: S&G: Butt Joints & Epoxy
Jim Kozel -- 2/13/2003, 10:08 am
Re: S&G: Butt Joints & Epoxy
Mark Normand -- 2/13/2003, 9:37 am
Re: S&G: Butt Joints & Epoxy
Don -- 2/13/2003, 8:07 am
Re: S&G: Butt Joints & Epoxy
Shawn Servoss -- 2/13/2003, 1:33 am