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Re: ANSWER, I don't think so.
By:NPenney
Date: 7/28/1998, 2:07 pm
In Response To: ANSWER (Joe Greenley)

That just doesn't add up to me. It looks to me like the picture is showing the raw weave of the glass itself. That is not a problem that would come about from vacuum or pressure, but a problem of lack of resin. A vacuum increase would collapse things and fracture them, not simply raise some grain in the glass cloth.

> This is a photo of the deck of a kayak just aft of the rear hatch.
> The damage is visible as specks of raised fiberglass.This is a result
> of stress caused by contraction of the air inside.

Messages In This Thread

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?
Joe Greenley -- 7/27/1998, 9:53 pm
Re: WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?
Mark Kanzler -- 7/28/1998, 10:31 am
Re: WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT? -- ANSWER
Joe Greenley -- 7/27/1998, 10:36 pm
ANSWER
Joe Greenley -- 7/27/1998, 10:32 pm
Re: ANSWER, I don't think so.
NPenney -- 7/28/1998, 2:07 pm
Re: ANSWER, I don't think so.
Joe Greenley -- 7/28/1998, 9:05 pm
Re: ANSWER, I don't think so.
NPenney -- 7/29/1998, 7:16 am
Re: ANSWER, I don't think so. Correction
Joe Greenley -- 7/28/1998, 9:15 pm
Re: That's what it looks like
Nick Schade -- 7/28/1998, 7:34 pm
Re: ANSWER, I don't think so.
Mark Kanzler -- 7/28/1998, 4:26 pm
Re: ANSWER
Mark Kanzler -- 7/28/1998, 10:46 am
Re: Delta P Prophesy
Mark Kanzler -- 7/28/1998, 10:39 am
Re: ANSWER
Mike Spence -- 7/28/1998, 12:31 pm
Re: WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?
Paul Stomski -- 7/27/1998, 10:30 pm
Re: WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?
Joe Greenley -- 7/27/1998, 10:42 pm