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Re: Strip: Speaking of Epoxy...
By:Jim Schaffer
Date: 1/9/2011, 8:26 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: Speaking of Epoxy... (Kirk Fredericks)

:Morning.
Thanks for the advice. Kirk, I have the cove on the sheer strip cus that's the method used by One Ocean Kayak where I got my plan. In the future I will use a square edge. Vaclav suggests masking off the sheer strip, glassing over it, etc.
I really like the idea of filling it with silicone but what a pita to remove.
I'm sold on Raka. Considerably less expensive than West. I wonder if their slow hardener is as clear as West's 207...
Bill, I too have lots of experience with West as I'm a cabinetmaker, furniture, millworker but never anything on this scale. Glueing a butt joint on exterior trim is as epoxy as it gets for me.
Well, gonna close up the hull (last two strips) and start tenting and fairing. I will remove the cove from the second to last strips. Thanks Nick...
Jim

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Strip: Speaking of Epoxy...
Jim Schaffer -- 1/8/2011, 7:30 pm
Re: Strip: Speaking of Epoxy... *PIC*
Jim Schaffer -- 1/8/2011, 7:47 pm
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Joe Whitman -- 1/8/2011, 11:44 pm
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Kirk Fredericks -- 1/8/2011, 10:36 pm
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Kirk Fredericks -- 1/8/2011, 10:36 pm
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Jim Schaffer -- 1/9/2011, 8:26 am
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Bill Hamm -- 1/9/2011, 12:34 am
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John VanBuren -- 1/9/2011, 7:45 am
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Oliver Bloch -- 1/9/2011, 8:28 am
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Dave Houser -- 1/9/2011, 11:46 am
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Jim Schaffer -- 1/9/2011, 5:10 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 1/9/2011, 8:10 pm
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Dennis -- 1/9/2011, 1:08 pm
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Glen Smith -- 1/9/2011, 1:21 pm
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Dennis -- 1/11/2011, 2:28 pm
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MattD. -- 1/9/2011, 3:49 pm