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Re: S&G: Filling stitch holes
By:Jim Kozel
Date: 2/15/2003, 1:54 pm
In Response To: S&G: Filling stitch holes (Brian Waldrop)

: I know I've seen it before either on this board, or on the kayakforum.com,
: but can't seem to find it again: Is there a way to fill the wiring holes
: with some substance to hide the holes, after stitching? Does epoxy with
: wood flour make an adequate match with okuome, or does one need to
: "color match" by some method? (kayak will be varnished). I plan
: to "tab" the interior fillets, and pull the wires, and then
: fill. Thanks to all, Brian

I don't bother filling all those holes. You can't make them disappear, they're irrelevant to boat strength and if you used a small enough drill bit i.e. 1/16" your epoxy saturation coat then epoxy from glassing will fill them in nicely.

Jim

Messages In This Thread

S&G: Filling stitch holes
Brian Waldrop -- 2/15/2003, 11:10 am
Re: S&G: Filling stitch holes
srchr/gerald -- 2/16/2003, 11:21 pm
Re: S&G: Filling stitch holes - cover them *LINK*
Peter Robinson in Oz -- 2/16/2003, 8:52 pm
Re: S&G: Filling stitch holes
grant -- 2/16/2003, 11:22 am
Re: S&G: Filling stitch holes
Mark Normand -- 2/15/2003, 7:52 pm
Re: S&G: Filling stitch holes
Larry C. -- 2/15/2003, 4:58 pm
Re: S&G: Filling stitch holes *LINK*
Chris Moore -- 2/15/2003, 8:07 pm
Re: S&G: Filling stitch holes
Steve Frederick -- 2/16/2003, 5:50 pm
Re: S&G: Filling stitch holes
Chris Moore -- 2/16/2003, 8:33 pm
Re: S&G: Filling stitch holes
Jim Kozel -- 2/15/2003, 1:54 pm
Re: S&G: Filling stitch holes
Patsy -- 2/15/2003, 12:25 pm