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Re: How much time do you have?
By:Paul Jacob
Date: 10/9/2003, 12:20 pm
In Response To: Re: How much time do you have? (Thomas)

Now you're making sense!

As far as building outside, from what I've read on this forum, it shouldn't be a problem until it's time to glass. The temperature needs to be warm enough for the epoxy to cure but ideally should be falling at the time you apply it so the air is contracting inside the wood grain and sucking the epoxy in. Otherwise warming temperatures will cause expanding bubbles to form beneath the glass. This is more critical for the second layer of glass that seals the whole thing up.

For humidity, there was a recent thread about a guy who moved his boat to an arid climate and the boat shrank and did damage to the glass. As long as the boat will live in the area you're building it in, that shouldn't be a problem.

Good luck.

Messages In This Thread

S&G: Extensive Refinishing of Pygmy Arctic Tern
Thomas Duncan -- 10/6/2003, 11:19 pm
....impossible to re-glass the inside.
Joachim -- 10/9/2003, 4:04 am
Re: S&G: Extensive Refinishing of Pygmy Arctic Ter
Dave Houser -- 10/7/2003, 5:31 pm
Re: S&G: Extensive Refinishing of Pygmy Arctic Ter
Thomas -- 10/7/2003, 11:25 pm
How much time do you have?
Paul G. Jacobson -- 10/8/2003, 5:03 pm
Re: How much time do you have?
Thomas -- 10/8/2003, 7:55 pm
Re: How much time do you have?
Paul Jacob -- 10/9/2003, 12:20 pm
What should I build?
Thomas -- 10/14/2003, 7:21 pm
Re: What should I build?
Dave Murray -- 10/14/2003, 8:54 pm
Re: What should I build?
Thomas -- 10/14/2003, 9:01 pm
Re: What should I build?
Thomas -- 10/14/2003, 11:30 pm
Re: What should I build?
Paul Jacob -- 10/15/2003, 12:51 pm
Re: What should I build?
Thomas -- 10/15/2003, 4:43 pm
Re: What should I build?
Paul Jacob -- 10/16/2003, 1:06 pm
Re: How much time do you have? *LINK*
Steve Pituch -- 10/8/2003, 10:21 pm
Re: How much time do you have?
Thomas -- 10/8/2003, 11:06 pm
Re: How Much Room Do You Have .. ?? *Pic*
Rehd -- 10/9/2003, 12:34 am
Re: How Much Room Do You Have .. ?? *Pic*
Grant Glazer -- 10/9/2003, 5:13 am
Re: S&G: Extensive Refinishing of Pygmy Arctic Ter
Jim Kozel -- 10/8/2003, 11:43 am
Re: S&G: Extensive Refinishing of Pygmy Arctic Ter
LeeG -- 10/8/2003, 2:04 pm
Re: S&G: Extensive Refinishing of Pygmy Arctic Ter
Dave Houser -- 10/8/2003, 1:16 am
Re: S&G: Extensive Refinishing of Pygmy Arctic Ter
Arko Bronaugh -- 10/8/2003, 12:55 am
Re: S&G: Extensive Refinishing of Pygmy Arctic Ter
LeeG -- 10/8/2003, 12:32 am
$400, $450 Tops
Mike Scarborough -- 10/8/2003, 9:56 am
OK, thanks. *NM* *NM*
Thomas -- 10/8/2003, 12:48 am
Build your own yak! *NM*
Mike and Rikki -- 10/7/2003, 1:59 pm
Re: S&G: Extensive Refinishing of Pygmy Arctic Ter
Bill Burton -- 10/7/2003, 1:00 pm
Just Build Yourself a New One!
Paul Jacob -- 10/7/2003, 12:00 pm
Re: Just Build Yourself a New One!
Bruce -- 10/7/2003, 12:33 pm
Re: S&G: Extensive Refinishing of Pygmy Arctic Ter *LINK* *Pic*
Jim Kozel -- 10/7/2003, 10:35 am
Re: S&G: Extensive Refinishing of Pygmy Arctic Ter
Mike Scarborough -- 10/7/2003, 8:46 am
Re: S&G: Extensive Refinishing of Pygmy Arctic Ter
Pete Notman -- 10/7/2003, 4:18 am
Re: S&G: Extensive Refinishing of Pygmy Arctic Ter
Rick Hastings -- 10/7/2003, 3:07 am
DITO! *NM*
Danny Cox -- 10/7/2003, 8:10 am