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Re: deck re-attach - filling the voids
By:Mark Kanzler
Date: 7/4/1998, 10:22 am
In Response To: Re: deck re-attach - filling the voids (Shawn Baker)

I saw this after I suggested fiberglass rope. The fiberglass rope will be stronger, but this is simply brilliant. I wish I'd thought of it. How silly to overlook such and obvious fiberglass source. It might be lower quality glass, or have other materials mingled in, but for filling space, and larger fillets, wow. I like it! I wish I had time to build various test panels and research the material a bit. It may be better than I think it is, and even at that it should be more than good enough.

> He was building a sailboat and just used the regular pink
> Owens Corning fiberglass insulation. He'd just pull off a chunk, stuff
> it into a void, and then saturate it with epoxy.

Messages In This Thread

deck re-attach
Jim Loudon -- 6/30/1998, 7:13 pm
Re: deck re-attach - filling the voids
Shawn Baker -- 7/3/1998, 3:56 pm
Re: deck re-attach - filling the voids
Mark Kanzler -- 7/4/1998, 10:22 am
Re: deck re-attach
Paul Jacobson -- 6/30/1998, 8:06 pm
Re: deck re-attach
Jim Loudon -- 6/30/1998, 9:10 pm
Re: deck re-attach
Paul Jacobson -- 7/4/1998, 1:27 am
Re: deck re-attach fillet materials.
Mark Kanzler -- 7/4/1998, 10:16 am
Re: deck re-attach
Mark Kanzler -- 7/1/1998, 10:37 am
Re: deck re-attach
Jim Loudon -- 7/1/1998, 3:13 pm
Re: Epoxy vs polyester
Mark Kanzler -- 7/1/1998, 4:10 pm
Re: Epoxy vs polyester
Jim Loudon -- 7/1/1998, 4:44 pm
Re: Laser Sailboat
Mark Kanzler -- 7/1/1998, 5:01 pm
Re: Laser Sailboat
Jim Loudon -- 7/1/1998, 6:34 pm
THE Best book about sailing (Instructional)
Mark Kanzler -- 7/1/1998, 7:50 pm