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Re: Other: Warped Hatch
By:JohnK
Date: 7/29/2008, 6:16 pm
In Response To: Other: Warped Hatch (Charles Robinson)

Hi Charles.
If you fibreglass only one side you are looking for trouble methinks. If I were you I would heat the fibreglassed side and when hot force it back to the right shape. Then I would fibreglass the other side. Then the forces in the lid would be more balanced and the warping should stop.
JohnK

: I cut out my hatches on my Pygmy Osprey last week and fibreglassed the
: bottom. I'm using the underdeck bungie hold down system right now. The
: front hatch has warped and the edges stick up from the deck while the
: center is flush. How do I take the warp out of them? Heat? Straps? Should
: I go to something that will hold the edges better, like the Moby Latches?

: Charles Robinons

Messages In This Thread

Other: Warped Hatch
Charles Robinson -- 7/29/2008, 2:53 pm
Re: Other: Warped Hatch
Ric -- 7/30/2008, 10:20 pm
Re: Other: Warped Hatch
John Eberly -- 7/31/2008, 11:08 am
Re: Other: Warped Hatch
JohnK -- 7/29/2008, 6:16 pm
Re: Other: Warped Hatch
Charles Robinson -- 7/29/2008, 6:43 pm
Re: Other: Warped Hatch
JohnK -- 7/29/2008, 7:17 pm
Re: Other: Warped Hatch
Glen Smith -- 7/29/2008, 6:36 pm
Re: Other: Warped Hatch
Bill Hamm -- 7/30/2008, 1:24 am