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Re: Strip: separating hull from deck
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 1/2/2008, 1:39 am
In Response To: Strip: separating hull from deck (dave)

: Hello All,
: I am building an Outer Island and I used the stapleless method. The problem
: is now I have a deck that seems to be glued to the forms, I tried bashing
: the inner forms out and the deck started to come apart. The garage is
: unheated here in Minneapolis and I have a shot at a heated garage, will
: heating it up soften the glue?
: Thanks
: Dave

Normally you don't take the deck/hull off the forms until it's glassed on the outside, would have very little strength without the glass.

If you've used regular carpenters glue, yellow glue, like everyone else, the heat will indeed soften the glue.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: separating hull from deck
dave -- 1/1/2008, 8:52 pm
Re: Strip: separating hull from deck
Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/2/2008, 5:16 am
Re: Strip: separating hull from deck
Dave -- 1/2/2008, 9:47 am
Re: Strip: separating hull from deck
ken -- 1/2/2008, 10:18 pm
Re: Strip: separating hull from deck
Bill Hamm -- 1/2/2008, 1:39 am
Re: Strip: separating hull from deck
JohnK -- 1/1/2008, 10:05 pm