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Re: S&G: Next Question - Stitch Holes
By:Andy Waddington
Date: 11/19/2003, 11:40 am
In Response To: S&G: Next Question - Stitch Holes (Paul J)

: What's everyone's opinion on filling stitch holes? Seems to me they'll get
: filled with resin when I glass anyway.

I did fillets in short sections between stitches, so it would be easy to
remove the stitch wires. The holes got pretty well filled when I filled in
the gaps in the fillets.

: Or does a bubble get trapped inside
: that needs filling?

If you filleted right over the stitches and then pulled the wires out,
you are going to have holes that are almost impossible to fill anyway.
I'm sure there will be some bubble trapped, but I'd be very surprised
if it made any difference to the strength of the boat, and fairly
surprised if you could even tell that the holes weren't filled. No-one,
unless they are some sort of utter perfectionist, ever fills staple holes
in strip boats (and utter perfectionists build staple-less anyway), and
I certainly can't see any evidence that there is a bubble in any of the
holes on my boats ...

Andy

Messages In This Thread

S&G: Next Question - Stitch Holes
Paul J -- 11/19/2003, 1:37 am
you can use toothpicks to plug the holes.
Paul G. Jacobson -- 11/26/2003, 9:09 pm
Re: you can use toothpicks to plug the holes.
Larry C. -- 11/28/2003, 7:29 am
Re: S&G: Next Question - Stitch Holes
srchr/gerald -- 11/19/2003, 2:01 pm
Re: S&G: Next Question - Stitch Holes
Andy Waddington -- 11/19/2003, 11:40 am
Re: S&G: Next Question - Stitch Holes
RNB4TLA -- 11/19/2003, 8:57 pm
Re: S&G: Next Question - Stitch Holes
Andy Waddington -- 11/20/2003, 9:02 am
Re: S&G: Next Question - Stitch Holes
srchr/gerald -- 11/20/2003, 10:53 am
Re: S&G: Next Question - Stitch Holes
pikabike -- 11/20/2003, 11:32 am
Re: S&G: Next Question - Stitch Holes *LINK*
srchr/gerald -- 11/20/2003, 4:31 pm
Re: S&G: Tape and Tab
Dave Houser -- 11/28/2003, 12:04 pm
Tape after fillet hardened
pATSY -- 11/20/2003, 3:58 pm
Re: S&G: Next Question - Stitch Holes
Dan G -- 11/19/2003, 8:47 am