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Re: Strip: sanding vs planing
By:Brian Ervin
Date: 4/7/2003, 10:18 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: sanding vs planing (JJ Atkinson)

Wetting the wood b4 sanding works well. It can even help with some screw-ups. In the process of rolling the boat over to sand the deck, I dropped it and an area of the hull hit the saw-horse leaving 2 (1/4 by 1/2 inch) indentions, one almost completely through the wood. I saturated the indentions with water and left the project for a few hours. (Needed a break) Upon returning the area was about 95% repaired.

A little sanding and the damage was no longer noticable. After allowing several days to dry, finished sanding and glassed. I can not even find the area now. It looked like a major screw-up at the time. Wood is amazing. The area was Cypress, so other woods may not work as well, some may work better.

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Strip: sanding vs planing
James Nixon -- 4/3/2003, 1:40 pm
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Rob Macks -- 4/4/2003, 11:35 am
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KenC -- 4/4/2003, 3:58 pm
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Rob Macks -- 4/4/2003, 5:21 pm
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James Nixon -- 4/4/2003, 3:02 pm
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Rob Macks -- 4/4/2003, 3:38 pm
Well said...
srchr/gerald -- 4/4/2003, 1:52 pm
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Dennis -- 4/4/2003, 1:45 pm
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Rob Macks -- 4/4/2003, 2:57 pm
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JJ Atkinson -- 4/4/2003, 1:28 pm
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Brian Ervin -- 4/7/2003, 10:18 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 4/4/2003, 3:51 pm
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Rob Macks -- 4/4/2003, 2:33 pm
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Shawn Baker -- 4/4/2003, 3:50 pm
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Jay Babina -- 4/4/2003, 9:39 am
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KenC -- 4/4/2003, 9:02 am
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Ted Henry -- 4/3/2003, 3:47 pm
Re: Strip: sanding vs planing *Pic*
Brian Ervin -- 4/3/2003, 2:23 pm
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Dave McKinney -- 4/3/2003, 3:39 pm
Re: Strip: sanding vs planing *LINK*
Mark Normand -- 4/3/2003, 8:51 pm