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Re: Strip: No Fit Stripping - Anyone Done This
By:Yostwerks
Date: 9/1/2012, 1:25 pm
In Response To: Strip: No Fit Stripping - Anyone Done This (Marc Upchurch)

: I have seen this discussion (based on a power boat) and thought
: about it myself for a kayak.
: Has anyone done this?
: Comments pro and con are welcome of course.
: Perhaps it will only work if you paint.

Bjorn Thomasson dry strips than coats with epoxy before sanding the hull.

His link ...

http://www.thomassondesign.com/en/building/building-manual/hull-and-deck

I've done a variation of this on my double layer strip / no fiberglass design. I dry stripped, coated with epoxy to fill most of the gaps, removed the staples,
and rough sanded to fair it down a bit before applying the second layer of strips.

For strip layer 2, I coated strip layer 1 with slightly thickened epoxy , and stapled on strip layer 2. After the epoxy cured I removed the staples,
sanded / faired the bare wood hull and coated with epoxy with an emphasis on filling any gaps followed by sanding, additional epoxy coating, final sanding, and varnishing.

No fiberglass was harmed in the construction of this kayak :)

Tom

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Strip: No Fit Stripping - Anyone Done This
Marc Upchurch -- 8/31/2012, 3:57 pm
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Ken Blanton -- 8/31/2012, 6:42 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 9/1/2012, 9:31 am
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ancient kayaker -- 9/1/2012, 12:27 pm
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Dan Caouette -- 9/2/2012, 2:51 pm
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Yostwerks -- 9/1/2012, 1:25 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 9/1/2012, 2:38 pm
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Yostwerks -- 9/1/2012, 5:35 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 9/1/2012, 10:12 pm
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Yostwerks -- 9/2/2012, 10:47 am
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 9/3/2012, 9:46 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 9/3/2012, 10:26 pm
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 9/4/2012, 12:01 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/4/2012, 1:29 am
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Etienne Muller -- 9/4/2012, 3:03 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/5/2012, 1:46 am
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Etienne Muller -- 9/5/2012, 4:22 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/6/2012, 1:58 am
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ancient kayaker -- 9/6/2012, 11:50 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/9/2012, 1:52 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 9/4/2012, 7:30 am
Re: Strip: No Fit Stripping - Anyone Done This *PIC*
Yostwerks -- 9/4/2012, 9:54 am
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Yostwerks -- 9/4/2012, 10:11 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 9/4/2012, 6:12 pm
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Yostwerks -- 9/4/2012, 7:10 pm
Re: Strip: No Fit Stripping - Anyone Done This *PIC*
Paul G. Jacobson -- 9/8/2012, 11:44 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/9/2012, 1:55 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 9/9/2012, 9:06 am
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MattD -- 9/2/2012, 12:44 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 9/1/2012, 2:47 pm