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Re: Strip: Toothpicks for staple holes *LINK*
By:Allan
Date: 6/20/2008, 5:48 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: Toothpicks for staple holes (DaveS)

: I read somewhere on this site (maybe last year) that someone had great
: success with using wet or damp rags. The water swelled the holes to the
: point that they became invisible after planing and sanding.

: I would also think that the color of the toothpicks would also stand out
: unless you used a light wood for everything.

This is the result I got by just swelling the timber around the holes.
I have done this on two kayaks now and no-one apart from me realizes that there were ever holes in the strips.

This was my original post.

Holes

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Strip: Toothpicks for staple holes
Glen Gray -- 6/20/2008, 6:43 am
Re: Strip: Toothpicks for staple holes
Bill Hamm -- 6/23/2008, 1:46 am
Re: Strip: Toothpicks for staple holes
Bill Hamm -- 6/21/2008, 9:16 am
Re: Strip: Toothpicks for staple holes *Pic*
Etienne Muller -- 6/21/2008, 7:03 am
Re: Strip: Toothpicks for staple holes
Glen Gray -- 6/21/2008, 7:38 am
Re: Strip: Toothpicks for staple holes
Bryan Hansel -- 6/20/2008, 11:55 pm
Re: Strip: Toothpicks for staple holes
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 6/20/2008, 11:53 am
Re: Strip: Toothpicks for staple holes
Duane Strosaker -- 6/20/2008, 11:31 pm
Re: Strip: Toothpicks for staple holes
Glen Gray -- 6/20/2008, 5:51 pm
Re: Strip: Toothpicks for staple holes
Bruce Moffatt -- 6/20/2008, 6:39 pm
Re: Strip: Toothpicks for staple holes
Todd Sullivan -- 6/20/2008, 7:53 pm
Re: Strip: Toothpicks for staple holes *LINK*
Bruce Moffatt -- 6/21/2008, 2:40 am
Re: Strip: Toothpicks for staple holes
Mike Savage -- 6/21/2008, 5:28 am
Re: Strip: Toothpicks for staple holes
Todd Sullivan -- 6/20/2008, 10:16 am
Re: Strip: Toothpicks for staple holes
DaveS -- 6/20/2008, 9:02 am
Re: Strip: Toothpicks for staple holes *LINK*
Allan -- 6/20/2008, 5:48 pm
Re: Strip: Toothpicks for staple holes
QuicksilverMike -- 6/22/2008, 7:17 am
Re: Strip: Toothpicks for staple holes
DaveS -- 6/21/2008, 2:07 pm