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Re: Strip: Not staple-less
By:jaybabina
Date: 1/26/2017, 9:17 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: Not staple-less (Marc Upchurch)

Another bad experience.

I tried toothpicks on one station path. I didn't want to use glue, creating more clean-up. When I sanded, the sandpaper would push the hard wood picks and often elongate the hole.

I have never encountered any person who ever noticed staple holes on my boats. I think builders take pride in not having them for a host of admirable reasons but I never notice them on other peoples boats as well or I accept them. The holes look darker before the boat is darkened with epoxy as well.

Maybe if I was building a customers boat I might feel different?

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Strip: Not staple-less
Richard Mertins -- 1/25/2017, 8:30 am
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Hubert Schreier -- 1/25/2017, 9:16 am
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Etienne Muller -- 1/25/2017, 2:54 pm
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Steve Solomon -- 1/25/2017, 4:51 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 1/25/2017, 7:36 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 1/25/2017, 7:58 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 1/25/2017, 9:57 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 1/26/2017, 12:14 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 1/26/2017, 3:20 am
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jaybabina -- 1/26/2017, 9:17 am
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Bill Hamm -- 1/26/2017, 12:25 am
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Etienne Muller -- 1/26/2017, 4:52 am
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Brian Nystrom -- 1/28/2017, 5:06 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 1/28/2017, 6:15 pm
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Brian Nystrom -- 1/29/2017, 6:53 pm
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dave koslow -- 1/30/2017, 3:20 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 1/30/2017, 3:41 pm