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Re: Material: How to remove creases from glass clo
By:Andy B. in Colorado
Date: 5/5/2003, 5:22 pm
In Response To: Material: How to remove creases from glass cloth? (Andy B. in Colorado)

: Please help! The glass cloth I used on my first kayak had quite a few creases
: in it, but I thought I could work the creases out during the wetting out
: stage. Nope. No matter what I did, the crease would pull free from the
: deck/hull surface. I ended up with long thin "bubbles"
: everywhere. How can I avoid this on the next kayak? I've tried ironing the
: crease. I've tried pressing it between two flat surfaces. Any ideas for
: removing creases from dry cloth? Or is there a technique to remove creases
: during wetting out stage? Or do I simply sand through the cured fiberglass
: and accept that it will be weak in that spot?

Thanks to everyone for the suggestions! It's encouraging to see that I'm not the only one who has run into this problem.

Andy

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Material: How to remove creases from glass cloth?
Andy B. in Colorado -- 5/5/2003, 10:31 am
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Kyle T -- 5/6/2003, 8:24 am
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Andy B. in Colorado -- 5/5/2003, 5:22 pm
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Jim Kozel -- 5/5/2003, 10:32 pm
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Ross Sieber -- 5/5/2003, 3:05 pm
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Rod Tait -- 5/5/2003, 1:30 pm
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Jay Babina -- 5/5/2003, 1:26 pm
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Pete Roszyk -- 5/5/2003, 12:03 pm
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Shawn Baker -- 5/5/2003, 11:30 am
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LeeG -- 5/5/2003, 11:28 am
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Andy B. in Colorado -- 5/5/2003, 11:53 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 5/5/2003, 1:19 pm
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Dave -- 5/5/2003, 12:13 pm
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Wes Tanaka -- 5/5/2003, 1:11 pm
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rnb4tla -- 5/5/2003, 9:29 pm
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Andy B. in Colorado -- 5/5/2003, 12:41 pm