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Material: Hypodermic needles and funny looks
By:Joe Whitman
Date: 1/13/2011, 12:37 pm

So I used the tight weave s- glass and all went pretty well, except for a few bubbles on the inside. I used a hypodermic needle, bought from the local farmer’s co-op in the horse section, to inject epoxy under the glass. I have to say this works quite well. You just poke a hole with the needle in one end to let the air out and inject from the other end. The only thing is the funny looks you get from the lady at the check-out. "Are you going to inject something?" Just try to explain you are injecting epoxy into bubbles in a kayak. I need one more needle I think I will bring by phone that has pictures of the boat this time. Joe

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Joe Whitman -- 1/13/2011, 12:37 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 1/13/2011, 12:56 pm
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Les Cheeseman -- 1/13/2011, 2:24 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/13/2011, 2:58 pm
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Joe Whitman -- 1/13/2011, 3:10 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 1/13/2011, 1:19 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/13/2011, 2:02 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 1/13/2011, 6:07 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/13/2011, 6:50 pm
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/14/2011, 4:28 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/14/2011, 5:29 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/14/2011, 5:36 pm
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/14/2011, 4:33 pm
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Charles Robinson -- 1/14/2011, 8:22 pm
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/15/2011, 3:30 am
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Charles Robinson -- 1/15/2011, 3:40 pm
Mostly funny looks
Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/15/2011, 9:28 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/16/2011, 12:59 am