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Re: Epoxy: liddy hacthes
By:Shawn Baker
Date: 8/19/2003, 1:02 pm
In Response To: Re: Epoxy: liddy hacthes (Marcel R. in Portland, Or.)

: This was a reasonably common occurance at SSTIKS this year. Several people
: lost hooks. It seemed to be winter-built boats that were in the sun for
: the first time. Joe Greenley explained that the heat makes the
: not-quite-hardened epoxy a bit soft. It also seemed to be related to how
: beefy the base of the hook were. Thinner hooks were more apt to pop.

I lost a hook on the way to R2K1. I fixed it with methyl methacrylate. (2-part adhesive commonly used for fixing the polycarbonate Eddyline boats--and $3.00 a double tube in the WalMart paint department).

The repair just popped last month--and it took the glass away with it--so was actually more of an underlying redwood delamination problem.

I think we're all starting to learn more about the techniques, the benefits, and the problems (of not) postcuring.

Shawn

Messages In This Thread

Epoxy: liddy hacthes
Sage -- 8/19/2003, 10:07 am
Re: Epoxy: liddy hacthes
John D. -- 8/19/2003, 3:06 pm
Re: Epoxy: liddy hacthes
Shawn Baker -- 8/19/2003, 12:02 pm
Re: Epoxy: liddy hacthes
Marcel R. in Portland, Or. -- 8/19/2003, 12:42 pm
Re: Epoxy: liddy hacthes
Shawn Baker -- 8/19/2003, 1:02 pm
Re: Epoxy: liddy hacthes
Ted Henry -- 8/19/2003, 2:11 pm
Re: Epoxy: liddy hacthes
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 8/19/2003, 2:10 pm
Re: Epoxy: liddy hacthes
Shawn Baker -- 8/19/2003, 3:56 pm
Re: The next step, then?
Pete Roszyk -- 8/19/2003, 3:54 pm
Re: The next step, then?
Sam McFadden -- 8/20/2003, 12:51 am
Re: New Style Hook *Pic*
Pete Roszyk -- 8/21/2003, 4:24 pm
Re: New Style Hook
Sam McFadden -- 8/21/2003, 11:29 pm
Re: New Style Hooks Tested To Failure *Pic*
Pete Roszyk -- 8/22/2003, 1:16 pm
Re: New Style Hooks Tested To Failure
Sam McFadden -- 8/23/2003, 11:07 am
Re: CEUS Compared to old
Pete Roszyk -- 8/22/2003, 8:57 pm
Re: The next step, then?
john -- 8/19/2003, 8:32 pm
Re: The next step, then?
Shawn Baker -- 8/19/2003, 4:15 pm
Re: The next step, then?
Don Beale -- 8/19/2003, 6:31 pm
Re: The next step, then?
Kurt Loup, Baton Rouge -- 8/19/2003, 5:31 pm
choice of goo?
Larry -- 8/19/2003, 5:46 pm
Re: The next step, then?
Sage -- 8/19/2003, 4:49 pm
Re: Hooks a'poppin
Pete Roszyk -- 8/19/2003, 12:41 pm