Nick recommends,and I used ,yellow glue.Reasons- cheap, easy to use,gives you some time to get the strips set up(not always easy) ,doesn't stain the wood,and is strong enuf for binding the strips together,until you glass the hull.The hull strength is from the glass-resin composite/wood bond,not the inter strip bond.
> I'm planning for my first stripbuilt kayak and have heard of
> people using hot glue, wood glue or epoxy to bond the strips together.
> Is there "right" or best way to do it? Hot glue seems like
> it would be quickest and easiest but is this as strong as wood glue?
> Epoxy seems like the strongest but slow and messy. Does hot glue run
> the risk of softning if the finished kayak is left out in direct sunlight?
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