Boat Building Forum

Find advice on all aspects of building your own kayak, canoe or any lightweight boats

Re: Strip: help
By:MattD.
Date: 4/5/2010, 5:25 pm
In Response To: Strip: help (Bryan Ledahl)

Something similar happened to me. My boat was off the forms when a bunch of water leaked on it, warping the stern area. I considered popping the seams and replacing the strips, but I decided on fixing it. For the most part it all turned out fine, but some of the strips ended up getting sanded pretty thin during my efforts to fair it all up. What I plan on doing for the thin strips is to glue a strip to the back of the thin strip on the inside of the boat, and sand or plane it flush. I got the idea from Nick's book.
For the strip you sanded through, I guess you should pull the rest of the strip out and put a new one in.

: So, I am at the point of sanding my kayak before fiberglassing, I
: was working on the bow section of the deck and (I will admit I
: didn't do a great job with the strips laying flush at the bow),
: I sanded right through one of the strips on the edge, and the
: rest of the bow seems to be pretty thin (1/8"). My question
: is: how thin is too thin, and what do I do about the part that I
: sanded through. I already put a new strip in it's place but I
: had to sand it down to blend in and I was just left with another
: extremely thin piece.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: help
Bryan Ledahl -- 4/5/2010, 4:41 pm
Re: Strip: help
PatrickC -- 4/10/2010, 11:51 pm
Re: Strip: help
Bill Hamm -- 4/6/2010, 12:32 am
Re: Strip: help
Bryan Ledahl -- 4/7/2010, 1:34 pm
Re: Strip: help
Bill Hamm -- 4/8/2010, 12:28 am
Re: Strip: help
MattD. -- 4/5/2010, 5:25 pm