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Re: Strip: Stems; please help guide me
By:BryanK
Date: 10/29/2010, 2:02 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: Stems; please help guide me (Malcolm Schweizer)

: There's not??? I thought the endpour was also to be sure you got
: glass coverage all the way up to the end.

I have never done an end pour either. I use internal stems (mostly pine) and I add a little thickened epoxy when I drill the holes for my toggles. I drill a hole on one side first, inject just enough epoxy to fill the gaps, let it cure, and then drill all the way through. I learned this from Vaclav of One Ocean Kayaks, works great, and saves time and money like Bill says. I also hot glue the internal glass tape all the way around the inside of the sheer, adding a dab about every 12" or so to make sure I have glass all the way around the ends. I think that was Jay Babina's idea. It's a lot easier to pour epoxy and push with a brush then try to push a roll of sopping wet tape into the curved bow and stern with a stick!

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Strip: Stems; please help guide me
Todd O -- 10/27/2010, 6:05 pm
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Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 10/28/2010, 9:14 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/29/2010, 12:22 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/29/2010, 12:26 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 10/29/2010, 5:13 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/30/2010, 12:47 am
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Ancient Kayaker -- 10/30/2010, 12:30 am
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Todd O -- 10/28/2010, 10:22 pm
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Ian Johnson -- 10/28/2010, 11:22 pm
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Ian Johnson -- 10/29/2010, 12:07 am
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Kurt Maurer -- 10/28/2010, 6:48 pm
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Terry -- 10/28/2010, 12:06 am
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Allan -- 10/28/2010, 1:18 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/28/2010, 8:50 am
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Allan -- 10/27/2010, 9:11 pm
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Glen Smith -- 10/27/2010, 9:06 pm
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Joe Whitman -- 10/27/2010, 7:43 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 10/27/2010, 7:33 pm
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Kurt Maurer -- 10/27/2010, 8:53 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 10/28/2010, 12:26 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/28/2010, 1:33 am
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 10/28/2010, 6:59 am
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BryanK -- 10/29/2010, 2:02 pm
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dave g -- 10/29/2010, 7:29 pm
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Glen Smith -- 10/29/2010, 11:15 pm
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dave g -- 10/30/2010, 1:09 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 10/28/2010, 7:23 am
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 10/29/2010, 2:25 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/28/2010, 8:45 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 10/29/2010, 5:15 am