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Re: Strip: How to store hull?
By:Ian Johnson
Date: 2/15/2011, 7:59 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: How to store hull? (Bill Hamm)

: :

: Glassed hulls tend to expand if left to their own devices,
: definately need spreaders and it doesn't take months either the
: curing of the epoxy puts stresses on the hull shape so can get
: many changes in a couple weeks.

: Bill H.

Something I have read elsewhere (One Ocean Kayaks maybe?), is some sort of support to ensure the hull does not twist. The spreaders will not prevent this. It probably wouldn't twist a lot, and if it did I imagine you could pull it back into alignment when you join the halves anyway. But it's worth considering.

Cheers, Ian

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Strip: How to store hull?
Paul Lueders -- 2/14/2011, 6:27 pm
Re: Strip: How to store hull?
Ric Moodie -- 2/14/2011, 7:03 pm
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Paul Lueders -- 2/14/2011, 7:10 pm
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Farback -- 2/14/2011, 8:04 pm
Re: Strip: How to store hull?
Bill Hamm -- 2/15/2011, 2:00 am
Re: Strip: How to store hull?
Ian Johnson -- 2/15/2011, 7:59 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/16/2011, 12:45 am
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Randy Echtinaw -- 2/15/2011, 8:21 am
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Allan -- 2/15/2011, 8:26 pm
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Etienne Muller - ireland -- 2/16/2011, 6:18 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/16/2011, 9:27 am
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Etienne Muller - ireland -- 2/17/2011, 5:05 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/17/2011, 7:12 pm
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Les Cheeseman -- 2/18/2011, 11:04 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/18/2011, 2:07 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/18/2011, 2:09 pm
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Farback -- 2/17/2011, 10:31 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/18/2011, 9:59 am
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Kirk Fredericks - Farback Carpentry and Automation -- 2/18/2011, 12:47 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/18/2011, 2:08 pm