> Hi All;

> I want to ask about any experiences with the use of shellac on the forms
> for staple-less building. I thought about the fact that I haven't seen it
> mentioned here, while putting on the 2nd coat of shellac of course . . .
> Laughing Loon's instructions recommend shellac for coating the form edges
> when you will be using hot glue instead of staples. It seems logical, hot
> glue will stick but wood glue will not. Has anyone had any experience with
> this technique? He does require Duct tape on the stems for easier stem
> removal.

> Best Regards, Spidey

Hi Spidey I have built Three wood strip craft using this method, 2 canoes and a kayak . And yes the shellac works great with just enough holding power to keep things in place until you want to remove the craft from the mold. which just takes a sharp rap to release the hot glue from the station molds leaving the glue to be removed from the interior surface . Which takes some extra time but I think its worth it . I will say that there are alot of different formulations of hot glue and I have tried quite a few but I am limited in my selection .I prefer a faster setting high temperature glue , it just seems to hold the more difficult strips better as the low temperature sticks tend to be a little bit soft at room temerature and will let the strips shift if you don,t keep your work area fairly cool.

well good luck Bill