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Re: Epoxy: how to glass a nick shade coamming n li
By:joe cesario
Date: 3/4/2003, 11:04 pm

: I glassed the outside risers prior to putting on the combing lip. It took
: three (or maybe 4 pieces on the outside, to get a single layer. It was not
: to hard.

: The inside of the risers got two layers of glass.

: The combing lip itself... 3 layers of epoxy, zero layers of glass. It is made
: of Ash, and Cherry.

: I've not used the kayak much, but I have rested a good portion of my weight
: on the riser/lip getting in and out. (holding my torso up on the palms of
: my hands, directly on the combing lip) I weigh 190 lbs. This was in the
: shop, and the on the one and only paddle thus far.

: I'm not finished my kayak yet, and was going to put the class on the lip
: later, but after my trial paddle , I may not. I'm intersted in what the
: board has to say about that.

: Oh yea, as for pictures, you have to scan them, upload to a web location,
: then set the BBS to point to them. There are lots of posts with some
: details on how to do this in the past. Many people use picture stage. I'm
: sure you will get better help from someone that uses this service.

: good luck

: Myrl

Do you all think if I glass the inside in out of the risers with one layer of 6 oz cloth with good filets and just epoxy a 7/16 wide lip that it would be strong enough. Thanks for all the advice.

Messages In This Thread

Epoxy: how to glass a nick shade coamming n lip
joe cesario -- 3/2/2003, 6:58 pm
Re: Epoxy: how to glass a nick shade coamming n li
Andy Waddington -- 3/4/2003, 6:06 am
Re: Epoxy: how to glass a nick shade coamming n li
Myrl Tanton -- 3/3/2003, 7:33 pm
Re: Epoxy: how to glass a nick shade coamming n li
joe cesario -- 3/4/2003, 11:04 pm
Re: Epoxy: how to glass a nick shade coamming n li
Myrl Tanton -- 3/5/2003, 12:33 pm
Re: Epoxy: how to glass a nick shade coamming n li
joe cesario -- 3/5/2003, 7:08 pm
Re: Epoxy: how to glass a nick shade coamming n li
Don Lucas -- 3/5/2003, 10:05 am
Re: Epoxy: how to glass a nick shade coamming n li
Don Lucas -- 3/3/2003, 10:14 pm
Re: Epoxy: how to glass a nick shade coamming n li
j petrie -- 3/3/2003, 7:18 pm
Re: Epoxy: how to glass a nick shade coamming n li
Andy Loudon------------r2ARDsjWqbuxm+8fSYWVem -- 3/4/2003, 5:29 am