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Re: Strip: Transparent fiberglass
By:Chris Sperry
Date: 12/27/2009, 10:11 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: Transparent fiberglass (Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K)

I agree. From now on for exterior seams, I will use strips of bias cut glass from my left over layup glass. I did this on my first boat, and everything was transparent.

Chris

: I used to have the same problem with the 6 oz. seam tape I bought
: from Sweetcomposites.

: I would wet-out my hull and deck glass as I outline on my
: "Transparent Lay-up" web page but when
: I wet-out my seam tape I would use a medium hardener at 70˚. I
: would get silver flecks in the seam
: tape, meaning it didn't totally wet every fiber. AND the salvage
: edge was terrible with air bubbles.

: I solved this by making my own exterior seam tape from strips of
: extra glass from the boat.

: AND MOST OF ALL by treating the wet-out of the exterior seams and
: stems the same way I wet-out
: the glass on the hull and deck. Hot shop, slow resin.

: Rob

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Transparent fiberglass *PIC*
mtkayak -- 12/22/2009, 10:04 am
Re: Strip: Transparent fiberglass
Bill Hamm -- 12/27/2009, 8:14 am
Re: Strip: Transparent fiberglass
Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 12/22/2009, 9:41 pm
Re: Strip: Transparent fiberglass *PIC*
mtkayak -- 12/23/2009, 6:03 pm
Re: Strip: Transparent fiberglass
Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 12/23/2009, 10:17 pm
Re: Strip: Transparent fiberglass
mtkayak -- 12/23/2009, 11:20 pm
Re: Strip: Transparent fiberglass
Chris Sperry -- 12/24/2009, 12:57 pm
Re: Strip: Transparent fiberglass
Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 12/25/2009, 9:22 am
Re: Strip: Transparent fiberglass
Chris Sperry -- 12/27/2009, 10:11 am
Re: Strip: Transparent fiberglass
Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 12/27/2009, 12:24 pm
Re: Strip: Transparent fiberglass
Bill Hamm -- 12/28/2009, 9:41 am
Re: Strip: Transparent fiberglass
Glen Smith -- 12/24/2009, 10:00 am
Re: Strip: Transparent fiberglass
Sam McFadden -- 12/22/2009, 1:09 pm
Re: Strip: Transparent fiberglass
john faas -- 12/22/2009, 2:22 pm
Re: Strip: Transparent fiberglass
Sam McFadden -- 12/22/2009, 3:02 pm
Re: Strip: Transparent fiberglass
Jay Babina -- 12/22/2009, 10:53 am
Re: Strip: Transparent fiberglass
johne -- 12/22/2009, 12:21 pm
Re: Strip: Transparent fiberglass
mtkayak -- 12/22/2009, 1:33 pm
Re: Strip: Transparent fiberglass
Mike Bielski -- 12/23/2009, 6:38 am
Re: Strip: Transparent fiberglass
Jay Babina -- 12/23/2009, 9:03 am
Re: Strip: Transparent fiberglass *PIC*
mtkayak -- 12/22/2009, 10:07 am
Re: Strip: Transparent fiberglass
Etienne Muller - Ireland -- 12/24/2009, 7:38 am