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Re: Strip: Reglassing -how to prevent water in the
By:Ted Henry
Date: 10/13/2003, 7:02 pm

Hi Joachim,

Sounds like a big project. It's hard to know how bad the inside surface is without physically seeing the boat. Warming up the boat and painting on a seal coat might work before cool down might work for small problems. If the inside glass really does need to be replaced in places you cannot reach, I would think about sawing the deck from the hull along the shear line with a thin saw. It will likely wear out the saw to do so. Go ahead and glass the outside first to maintain strength for when you work on the inside, but don't create work for yourself by overlapping the shear line with glass that will be cut later.

Ted

: Hello,

: I am reglassing a kayak and removed all epoxy outside the hull and deck. I
: will reglass in the next days. BUT what about the inside?? I have almost
: no access to the glass inside the kayak. That means: .. there are bubbles,
: loose patches and obviously seams which are not sticking to the wood.
: The kayak would be vulnerable to any water, so what can I do about that? Just
: carefully paint the inside with a layer of epoxy?
: -Joachim-

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Reglassing -how to prevent water in the glass?
Joachim -- 10/13/2003, 5:09 pm
linex inside
c -- 10/14/2003, 11:43 am
Re: linex inside
Kyle T -- 10/14/2003, 12:52 pm
Re: Strip: Reglassing -how to prevent water in the
Ted Henry -- 10/13/2003, 7:02 pm