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Re: Other: 6 foot drop test three days before Newf
By:Mike Savage
Date: 9/5/2007, 6:43 am
In Response To: Re: Other: 6 foot drop test three days before Newf (Kent LeBoutillier)

: Hi Dale

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: Your plastic bag method sounds interesting but I guess I need to see it to
: get how it works. I don't understand what happens to the bag between the
: hull and the epoxy/glass mix inside the bag.

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: Kent

Hi Kent,
I've seen similar done with polyester/glass. The sheet of plastic between the resin/glass and the area to be repaired is peeled off, kind of like the peel-off backing on a band-aid or reflective tape.

Hope this helps,
Mike Savage
South West Cork

Messages In This Thread

Other: 6 foot drop test three days before Newfound *Pic*
Kent LeBoutillier -- 9/4/2007, 7:43 pm
See you there with the boat
Jay Babina -- 9/5/2007, 6:37 am
Re: See you there with the boat
Kent LeBoutillier -- 9/5/2007, 11:54 am
Re: Other: 6 foot drop test three days before Newf
Dale Frolander -- 9/4/2007, 11:51 pm
Re: Other: 6 foot drop test three days before Newf
Kent LeBoutillier -- 9/5/2007, 5:43 am
Re: Other: 6 foot drop test three days before Newf
Mike Savage -- 9/5/2007, 6:43 am
Re: Other: 6 foot drop test three days before Newf
Kent LeBoutillier -- 9/5/2007, 11:50 am
Re: Other: 6 foot drop test three days before Newf
Bryan Hansel -- 9/4/2007, 10:20 pm
looks like a lost cause
mike allen -- 9/4/2007, 9:39 pm
Re: looks like a lost cause
al -- 9/4/2007, 10:07 pm
Re: Other: 6 foot drop test three days before Newf
Aaron -- 9/4/2007, 9:26 pm
Re: Other: Good idea for Lecture..
Rehd -- 9/4/2007, 9:22 pm