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Re: Carbon Fiber on Plywood Coamings
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 6/29/2017, 1:49 am
In Response To: Re: Carbon Fiber on Plywood Coamings (Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks)

Also have to remember the carbon is really there to be pretty, nothing more. Unless you're vacuum bagging it, it'll be way resin rich by the time you're done and the resin has no strength, so the laminate is actually weaker than if it were done with glass alone. I use it too, cause it looks nice.

Bill H.

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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
Re: S&G: Do you glass your wood coamings?
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