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Re: Strip: Gaps between strips *PIC*

By:Thor
Date: 3/10/2013, 8:53 pm

In Response To: Re: Strip: Gaps between strips (Robert Horstmann)

Dig thru your pile of cut offs or scraps and find the piece that matches. Cut a wedge shaped piece to fit in. Wet the boat and scrap to make sure it matches . Don't throw away cutoffs until you have faired hull out and filled if needed.Light wood really does show any gaps. Your gap may benefit from a wet spray and single edge razor blade removal of the glue bridging the gap, otherwise the wedge will not fit in. Give the water time to turn the glue white again before slicing it out of gap. Try to not make the gap bigger with the blade. Resin that fills in during laminating will be walnut dark. rh

Today I started sanding and it looks a lot better than I thought it would. I will leave all gaps that are too small to put wedges in. I knew it would look better sanded but was surprised how exciting it was to see it change. Only 60 grit ROS so far. With luck I can wet it and fine sand it this week.

Before sanding.