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Re: It's not too late...
By:sage
Date: 4/5/2001, 11:42 pm
In Response To: It's not too late... (Pete Rudie)

: to fix it. If you run ratchet straps around the hull at all the forms where
: the strips have pulled away, then saturate the strips in those areas with
: water, the glue will re-emulsify and the strips will be pulled back into
: proper alignment. (That is assuming that you used yellow glue or one of
: the other water-soluble adhesives. All bets are off if you used CA,
: polyurethane or epoxy.) Give it overnight to dry out, and continue where
: you left. Strap it up again at the end of each session, and you will have
: no worries again on this score. Odds are that the boat will do better if
: it looks like the designer intended it to.

I used Elmer's carpenter's wood glue (Exterior) and Titebond II wethearproof it is labled as passing type II water-resistance.

Messages In This Thread

how many strips per hour?
sage -- 4/5/2001, 9:38 pm
It's not too late...
Pete Rudie -- 4/5/2001, 11:10 pm
Re: It's not too late...
sage -- 4/6/2001, 10:42 pm
One other thing...
Pete Rudie -- 4/7/2001, 2:15 am
Re: One other thing...
sage -- 4/7/2001, 5:47 pm
Re: One other thing...
Pete Rudie -- 4/7/2001, 6:34 pm
Re: One other thing...
sage -- 4/7/2001, 8:01 pm
Yahoo'ed again
Pete Rudie -- 4/8/2001, 12:24 am
Re: Yahoo'ed again
sage -- 4/8/2001, 3:01 am
Re: It's not too late...
sage -- 4/5/2001, 11:42 pm
Re: It's not too late...
Pete Rudie -- 4/6/2001, 1:39 am
Re: It's not too late...
John Monfoe -- 4/6/2001, 5:52 am
Re: how many strips per hour?
daren neufeld -- 4/5/2001, 10:56 pm