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Re: Thermal Expansion
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 11/23/2008, 10:53 am
In Response To: Re: Thermal Expansion (Mike Scarborough)

: I wouldn't think that differential thermal expansion would be a serious
: problem. After all, we manage to keep glass fiber and resin attached to
: wood pretty well, don't we?

: I like the idea of a stripped deck since that's the part of the boat we see
: nearly 100% of the time while paddling.

: Mike
: Friendship Kayak

It works on our strippers since the glass skins are very light and thus more flexible and the epoxy too is very flexible allowing movement.

To be sure I'd do a test, would be awful if the deck wanted to separate from the hull after putting in all the work removing the old deck and building a new one.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: strip deck with fiberglass hull
CSaloio -- 11/21/2008, 12:25 pm
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Jay Babina -- 11/25/2008, 10:18 am
Re: Here's a contact
CSaloio -- 11/25/2008, 11:14 am
Re: Strip: strip deck with fiberglass hull
John Van Buren -- 11/25/2008, 7:19 am
Re: Strip: strip deck with fiberglass hull
CSaloio -- 11/25/2008, 8:39 am
Re: Strip: strip deck with fiberglass hull
james -- 11/24/2008, 9:51 am
Re: Strip: strip deck with fiberglass hull
Bill Hamm -- 11/25/2008, 1:13 am
Re: Strip: stealing designs
Alex Ferguson -- 11/26/2008, 3:47 am
Re: Strip: stealing designs
Dan -- 11/30/2008, 4:12 am
Re: stealing designs
james -- 11/25/2008, 8:19 am
Re: stealing designs
Bill Hamm -- 11/26/2008, 12:47 am
Re: stealing designs *LINK*
Oliver Bloch -- 11/26/2008, 8:29 am
Re: stealing designs
Gennie -- 11/25/2008, 8:33 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 11/25/2008, 7:56 pm
Re: stealing designs
Bryan Hansel -- 11/25/2008, 8:09 pm
Re: stealing designs
Bill Hamm -- 11/26/2008, 12:52 am
Re: stealing designs
Etienne Muller -- 11/26/2008, 8:40 am
Re: Strip: strip deck with fiberglass hull
Mike Savage -- 11/23/2008, 3:29 pm
Re: Strip: strip deck with fiberglass hull
Glen Smith -- 11/23/2008, 12:01 pm
Re: Strip: strip deck with fiberglass hull *LINK* *Pic*
Etienne Muller -- 11/23/2008, 10:50 am
Re: Strip: strip deck with fiberglass hull
Bill Hamm -- 11/24/2008, 12:09 am
Re: Strip: strip deck with fiberglass hull
CSaloio -- 11/23/2008, 1:44 pm
Re: Strip: strip deck with fiberglass hull
Bill Hamm -- 11/22/2008, 12:29 am
Re: Thermal Expansion
Mike Scarborough -- 11/23/2008, 10:39 am
Re: Thermal Expansion
Bill Hamm -- 11/23/2008, 10:53 am
Re: Strip: strip deck with fiberglass hull
Joy -- 11/22/2008, 10:43 am