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Re: Strip: finally making progress
By:Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K
Date: 4/25/2010, 9:26 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: finally making progress (george jung)

: All good suggestions - though I wonder what their advantage is over
: using the soft pad/60 grit on the drill. Seemed to work great,
: and only took an hour or so per side. I thought I might get
: 'wavy' wood or gouges - but none, and the end result was pretty
: fair.

I use the scraper to remove glue and level the surface. When I say, "level the surface"
I've taken care to align strip edges so I don't have anything higher than 1/32". Anything more than that
means I'll cut through the glue line and realign the strip edges.

But cleaning glue lines is the #1 job for scrapers. 60 grit paper will remove glue, but you''ll have a
hard time making a fair surface and you'll spend a lot of time using the sander as an eraser to get the glue.

The glue will heat up and turn rubbery resist removal much more than the surrounding wood. Get rid of all traces
of glue first, then sanding with 60 grit shouldn't take an hour for your whole hull interior.

All the best,
Rob

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Strip: finally making progress
george jung -- 4/23/2010, 11:52 pm
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Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 4/24/2010, 11:29 am
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Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 4/24/2010, 11:45 am
Re: Strip: finally making progress
george jung -- 4/24/2010, 6:19 pm
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Farback -- 4/24/2010, 8:50 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 4/24/2010, 9:23 pm
Re: Strip: finally making progress
Farback -- 4/24/2010, 9:45 pm
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Kurt Maurer -- 4/24/2010, 6:55 pm
Re: Strip: finally making progress
Bill Hamm -- 4/25/2010, 12:24 am
Re: Strip: finally making progress
george jung -- 4/24/2010, 11:25 pm
Re: Strip: finally making progress
Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 4/25/2010, 9:26 am
Re: Strip: finally making progress
Bill Hamm -- 4/24/2010, 6:50 am