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Re: Strip: temperature and glue
By:eric Platou
Date: 1/4/2010, 6:03 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: temperature and glue (Andy Boyd)

: You should be OK, particularly if you're using staples. The edge
: glue won't be taking and significant stress for a while (until
: you remove the staples) and so it'll have plenty of time to
: cure, even in the cold.

I appreciate your confirmation. However I am attempting to not use stapples. I am only attaching a strip on either side at a time. I am actually stripping only the deck. When I lived in Seattle I had a fiberglass hull built for me by a kayak builder. At this point I have two strips on either side, and then I started getting concerned that my work would all fall apart with the temp dropping. Thanks again for relieving me of this concern.
Eric

Messages In This Thread

Strip: temperature and glue
eric Platou -- 1/4/2010, 4:14 pm
Re: Strip: temperature and glue
Palle Dam -- 1/5/2010, 6:50 pm
Re: Strip: temperature and glue
eric Platou -- 1/6/2010, 10:17 am
Re: Strip: temperature and glue
Bob Beaullieu -- 1/6/2010, 12:51 pm
Re: Strip: temperature and glue
Allan -- 1/4/2010, 6:50 pm
Re: Strip: temperature and glue
eric Platou -- 1/5/2010, 9:25 am
Re: Strip: temperature and glue
Andy Boyd -- 1/4/2010, 5:28 pm
Re: Strip: temperature and glue
eric Platou -- 1/4/2010, 6:03 pm
Re: Strip: temperature and glue
Bill Hamm -- 1/5/2010, 12:50 am