Date: 11/7/2008, 6:40 pm
Now we are both confused.
The SOP for S&G goes like this. Once the panels are wired the inside of the seams is filleted and epoxy/taped. Some spot fillet and take the ties out before they tape. That's matter of choice. It would be very hard to tape the inside properly without fillets. The tape has a memory and will not stay down inside a sharp angle.
Then the hull is turned and the outside of the seams is radiused so the tape will follow the contour. A 3/8" radius should do it. And the outside is epoxy/taped.
Anyone who would go out in a boat that is held together with nothing but fillets is asking for trouble. A hull has to have epoxy/taped seams or some kind of mechanical fasteners.
I have heard of hulls that are Glue and Screw which are taped on the outside to make them watertight and them filleted on the chine logs to close off places where water can hide.
: I meant fillets VS taped joints. Not a fillet over glass. I had to reread my
: post to understand yours.
: I have seen people tape together boats with no fillets, just glass tape the
: joints. They were glassing the outside of the hull so that would tie it
: all together. That is why I asked. Matter for fact that is how I built my
: first kayak years ago and had no problems.
: I don't see why a taped joint with proper application wouldn't hold just as
: good as a fillet but I am asking.
Messages In This Thread
- Shop: Tape vs fillets
Kudzu -- 11/7/2008, 12:45 pm- The Niece.
William Cruz -- 11/7/2008, 9:30 pm- Re: The Niece.
MacMcCaskie -- 11/8/2008, 12:32 am- Re: The Niece.
Kudzu -- 11/8/2008, 11:05 pm
- Re: The Niece.
- Re: Shop: Tape vs fillets
Charlie -- 11/7/2008, 4:23 pm- Re: Shop: Tape vs fillets
Kudzu -- 11/7/2008, 4:43 pm- Tape vs fillets
Jay Babina -- 11/10/2008, 9:27 am- Re: Shop: Tape vs fillets
Charlie -- 11/7/2008, 6:40 pm- Re: Shop: Tape vs fillets
Terry Haines -- 11/9/2008, 3:46 pm
- Re: Shop: Tape vs fillets
- Tape vs fillets
- Re: The Niece.
- The Niece.