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Re: Strip: How smooth to sand?
By:Don Beale
Date: 8/30/2003, 8:01 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: How smooth to sand? (Jay Babina)

If the lows are too noticeable, take the boat out and put a few scratches in it. Then they wont seem so bad. This is my standard procedure :)

: I would not recommend adding strips over strips, unless you were going to
: paint the hull. Wherever the new top strips end and you sand flush, a glue
: joint line will be quite visible even if you used epoxy. (never use
: carpenters glue for a lamination like that).

: The small inditations will not be that noticable once it's varnished with
: deck lines put on etc. Due the best you can to make it fair without
: getting too thin and go to the finishing stage of glass and varnish.
: Everyone learns a few of these little lessons about fairing and stripping
: on their first boat and that's what pushes us ahead to make better ones.
: My first stripper had some uneveness too and nobody noticed it and the
: person who bought it thought it was fabulous and still loves it. All
: builders know where they have a little problem area. The experienced ones
: know how to keep it a secret.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: How smooth to sand?
Brad Crowell -- 8/29/2003, 11:11 pm
Re: Strip: How smooth to sand?
Ken Blanton -- 8/30/2003, 11:07 pm
Re: Strip: How smooth to sand?
Glen Smith -- 8/29/2003, 11:35 pm
Re: Strip: How smooth to sand?
Jay Babina -- 8/30/2003, 8:05 am
Re: Strip: How smooth to sand?
Don Beale -- 8/30/2003, 8:01 pm