: I like the rubber bands, they don't beat up my strips, and they also
: protect the clips from digging into the wood.

The inner tube sections do the same thing, the clips never actually touch the wood. But if you already have the rubber bands, then go for it. I stripped my hull with the bead side up, and had no damage to any strips from this clamping method.

: Re-reading your post again, the light just clicked, I see what you mean. Good
: idea for sure, thanks! Wonder if you had trouble wiping glue squeezeout
: under the wider inner tube bands? Or did you did you squeeze it out first?
: I'm trying to be merticulous about that and keep that TB2 from staining.

Well, good point. I tried to squeeze out most of the excess glue before clamping, but there was always a bit more. Most of the glue grunge I had to deal with was from under the inner tube bands. I cleaned some of it up after taking clamps off, but before glue was rock-hard, but I wasn't particularly meticulous about it, and I paid for it later (just more work, no problems).

Ken