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Re: Material: fiberglass seam tape
By:JohnAbercrombie
Date: 12/12/2015, 10:51 pm
In Response To: Re: Material: fiberglass seam tape (Bill Hamm)

Most of us cut our "tape" from the glass we cover the boat with, cut on the bias so the yarns are at about 45-45 degrees from the direction of the tape then it takes curves much better and all the fibers are adding strength, none run down the seam that do you no good.

Bill H.


For the outside of the boat, and for bonding bulkheads and the like, I follow Bill's method.
For the inside seam I always use a woven tape with selvage edges, but more like 1.5-2" width than 4".

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Material: fiberglass seam tape
Marc Donnelly -- 12/12/2015, 6:20 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/12/2015, 6:41 pm
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Marc Donnelly -- 12/12/2015, 7:37 pm
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Allan -- 12/12/2015, 10:54 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 12/12/2015, 10:57 pm
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Thomas Duncan -- 12/14/2015, 7:53 am
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Bill Hamm -- 12/13/2015, 12:47 am
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Bill Hamm -- 12/13/2015, 12:50 am
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Roy Martin -- 12/14/2015, 11:46 am
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Roy Martin -- 12/14/2015, 11:47 am
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 12/14/2015, 12:15 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/16/2015, 3:27 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/15/2015, 12:26 am
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 12/15/2015, 9:02 am
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Etienne Muller -- 12/15/2015, 3:09 pm
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Marc Donnelly -- 12/15/2015, 4:54 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/16/2015, 1:22 am
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 12/16/2015, 7:10 am
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Roy Martin -- 12/16/2015, 2:46 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/16/2015, 3:28 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 12/12/2015, 10:51 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 12/13/2015, 3:24 am
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Marc Donnelly -- 12/13/2015, 6:50 am
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Dan Thaler -- 12/13/2015, 7:39 am