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Re: Strip: glassing
By:Dave
Date: 5/31/2010, 10:13 am
In Response To: Strip: glassing *PIC* (buck biscuit)

I've buile three boats and made mistakes with all of them, adn with yourproblem i would recommend using a heat gun and go slowley with it using a scraper to pull off the offending tape. I once pulled off the entire outer skin of a strip canoe this way. Just take you time. The nice thing about resin is it responds to heat nicely.

: Okay, I blew it. I put a fiberglass tape strip on... the final
: piece of glass, closing the hull and deck.
: Then I got called away. The weave was not filled completely, I
: thought I could add resin later and fill it...but it stayed
: white and it won't take anymore resin.
: What are my options? Should I resign myself to sanding it off &
: starting over?

Messages In This Thread

Strip: glassing *PIC*
buck biscuit -- 5/25/2010, 6:59 pm
Re: Strip: glassing
Dave -- 5/31/2010, 10:13 am
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Bill Hamm -- 6/3/2010, 2:38 pm
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Kurt Maurer -- 5/25/2010, 7:08 pm
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Brian Scarborough -- 5/25/2010, 9:36 pm
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Allan -- 5/25/2010, 10:50 pm
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Mike Hanks -- 5/25/2010, 10:28 pm