: Gents,

: I had a "seam" between two strips slip while gluing where
: the edges still touch but one strip is a little higher than the
: other. Unfortunately, it has also glued pretty solidly into that
: position. I suppose I could plane it down and add "backup
: wood" to the rear of the strip prior to glassing, or I
: could try to remove the strip and try to fix it that way. Is
: there a particular rule of thumb when it comes to "leave
: it/plane it/remove it/ignore it" for errant strips?

: Thanks

Inspect Your Hull
Go over your hull surface and check for strip edges that are out of alignment.

➤ ➤ ➤ Now is the time to fix them!

Put a new blade in a utility knife and cut along the strip joint and align the strip edges. Sometimes, it is necessary to cut past the misaligned strips to get them to align.

Push one strip in and the other out and apply glue. Then align the strips and hot glue a scrap strip over the joint to keep the edges aligned until the glue dries.

➤ It is much easier to fix the wood now than to level the
surfaces later.

From your instruction book, page 43, I think, end of Chapter 6.

All the best,
Rob