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Re: Carbon Fiber on Plywood Coamings
By:Dan Caouette (CSCWC)
Date: 6/27/2017, 3:05 pm
In Response To: Re: Carbon Fiber on Plywood Coamings (JayBabina)

Dan, so are you wrapping the carbon fiber around the thin knife edge of the coaming lip?

No. I can't imagine the cloth would wrap around that edge and I honestly don't see a need. You'd be likely to sand through it. The edges get a a few coats of silica-thickened black-tinted epoxy.

I also only place carbon on the top of the rim and the inside face of the riser. The opposite side (bottom of the lip and the exterior of the riser) gets a layer of fiberglass ans is just painted black. Why waste the carbon on a spot that very few will ever see?

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S&G: Do you glass your wood coamings?
JohnAbercrombie -- 6/9/2017, 3:04 pm
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Les Cheeseman -- 6/9/2017, 5:01 pm
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scottbaxter -- 6/9/2017, 5:05 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 6/9/2017, 7:32 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 6/9/2017, 9:00 pm
Re: S&G: Do you glass your wood coamings?
Bill Hamm -- 6/10/2017, 12:39 am
Re: S&G: Do you glass your wood coamings? *PIC*
Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 6/10/2017, 8:46 am
Re: S&G: Do you glass your wood coamings?
Etienne Muller -- 6/11/2017, 5:21 am
Re: S&G: Do you glass your wood coamings?
bsoderholm -- 6/27/2017, 12:06 am
Carbon Fiber on Plywood Coamings
Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 6/27/2017, 9:17 am
Re: Carbon Fiber on Plywood Coamings
bsoderholm -- 6/27/2017, 9:45 am
Re: Carbon Fiber on Plywood Coamings
JohnAbercrombie -- 6/27/2017, 11:12 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 6/27/2017, 11:47 am
Re: Carbon Fiber on Plywood Coamings
JayBabina -- 6/27/2017, 1:06 pm
Re: Carbon Fiber on Plywood Coamings
scottbaxter -- 6/27/2017, 1:55 pm
Re: Carbon Fiber on Plywood Coamings
Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 6/27/2017, 3:05 pm
Re: Carbon Fiber on Plywood Coamings
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 6/27/2017, 1:47 pm
Re: Carbon Fiber on Plywood Coamings
Bill Hamm -- 6/29/2017, 1:49 am
Re: Carbon Fiber on Plywood Coamings
Bill Hamm -- 6/29/2017, 2:13 am
Re: Carbon Fiber on Plywood Coamings
JohnAbercrombie -- 6/29/2017, 9:53 am
Re: Carbon Fiber on Plywood Coamings
scottbaxter -- 6/29/2017, 11:31 am
Re: S&G: Do you glass your wood coamings?
JayBabina -- 6/10/2017, 9:00 am
Re: S&G: Do you glass your wood coamings?
JohnAbercrombie -- 6/10/2017, 11:41 am
Re: S&G: Do you glass your wood coamings?
Bill Hamm -- 6/10/2017, 8:33 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 6/10/2017, 10:59 pm
Re: S&G: Do you glass your wood coamings?
Etienne Muller -- 6/11/2017, 5:42 am
Re: S&G: Do you glass your wood coamings?
JohnAbercrombie -- 6/11/2017, 12:17 pm
Re: S&G: Do you glass your wood coamings?
Bill Hamm -- 6/11/2017, 8:52 pm
Re: S&G: Do you glass your wood coamings?
bsoderholm -- 6/12/2017, 4:59 pm
Re: S&G: Do you glass your wood coamings?
Bill Hamm -- 6/15/2017, 1:27 am
Re: S&G: Do you glass your wood coamings?
JohnAbercrombie -- 6/15/2017, 10:36 am
Re: S&G: Do you glass your wood coamings?
bsoderholm -- 6/16/2017, 9:05 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 6/16/2017, 11:21 am