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Re: Strip: soft spots - finale - sort of *PIC*
By:howard
Date: 8/4/2014, 10:21 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: soft spots (Don Goss)

well....

after hearing from nick....i decided stop the baking....and finish the boat.....and well....i get to do the repair.

the heat of 'baking' the boat made all the soft spots bubble/delaminate .....in an almost exact pattern that i had mapped out with the blue dots.

it was kind of a shock when i pulled it out of the bag.....but the silver lining wass no delamination in any other than the marked spaces.

i have now cut the delam off....did a bit of sanding (took the picture below before i cleaned up the dust) and staining and will reglass tonight and get back on track.

it will have some little cosmentic squiggles i suppose if one looks hard.....but i can refinish/reglass her three or four years from now....it's time to get paddling.

at least i don't have to worry about the soft epoxy anymore!

Messages In This Thread

Strip: soft spots *PIC*
howard -- 8/3/2014, 11:57 am
Re: Strip: soft spots
Mike Bielski -- 8/3/2014, 9:35 pm
Re: Strip: soft spots
howard -- 8/3/2014, 10:39 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/4/2014, 12:59 am
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Jay Babina -- 8/4/2014, 7:59 am
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Robert W -- 8/4/2014, 7:20 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 8/4/2014, 12:01 pm
Re: Strip: soft spots
howard -- 8/4/2014, 12:15 pm
Re: Strip: soft spots
Don Goss -- 8/4/2014, 8:20 pm
Re: Strip: soft spots - finale - sort of *PIC*
howard -- 8/4/2014, 10:21 pm
Re: Strip: soft spots - finale - sort of
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 8/4/2014, 10:50 pm
Re: Strip: soft spots - finale - sort of
howard -- 8/4/2014, 11:02 pm
Re: Strip: soft spots - finale - sort of
Rod Tait -- 8/5/2014, 11:12 am