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Strip: Glassing Recurved Canoe Stem *PIC*
By:Bruce Berckmans
Date: 2/18/2013, 10:11 am

I was wondering if anyone had any alternate/better ideas on glassing the interior aspect of the significantly recurved (aprox. 12 inches) and very narrow ends of the "voyager" solo canoe I am working on. The standard?, approach that I am contemplating, is to do a seal coat to preserve uniform color tone then glass in (4 oz) a large bias cut section into the bow and stern sections, cutting back along the stems once it has started to set. Followed by glassing with 6 oz for the rest of the interior overlapping the glassed bow and stern sections. My concern is with the overlap section if I dont want to do a fully filled glass finish on the interior. Even if I do a tidy job with masking and cutting the second glass application I don't think the transition will look very good.

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Strip: Glassing Recurved Canoe Stem *PIC*
Bruce Berckmans -- 2/18/2013, 10:11 am
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Etienne Muller -- 2/18/2013, 1:02 pm
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Bruce Berckmans -- 2/18/2013, 2:35 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 2/18/2013, 1:15 pm
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Bruce Berckmans -- 2/18/2013, 3:40 pm
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Mike Savage -- 2/18/2013, 4:14 pm
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Bruce Berckmans -- 2/19/2013, 8:34 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/20/2013, 2:43 pm
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Bruce -- 2/21/2013, 1:01 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/21/2013, 3:50 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 2/18/2013, 11:52 pm