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Re: Strip: glassing the inside -- how smooth?
By:JohnK
Date: 3/21/2011, 12:15 am
In Response To: Strip: glassing the inside -- how smooth? (Bill VerSteeg)

: I am about to start planing and sanding the inside of my stripper,
: and I am trying to figure out how smooth I need to make it. I do
: not much care about the asthetics of the inside of the yak, as
: nobody is goinf to see it. I am more concerned with weight and
: strength. So, do just need to get the glue out and knock the
: edges off the strips? Or do I need to have a totally fair
: surface?

: bvs

Hi Bill,
if the inside is not smooth you will have difficulty getting the fibreglass to lie flat. You will get air bubbles under your fibreglass and the fibreglass will eventually break there as it is not supported. It doesn't have to be furniture grade, but it does have to be without hills and dales.
JohnK

Messages In This Thread

Strip: glassing the inside -- how smooth?
Bill VerSteeg -- 3/20/2011, 9:23 pm
Re: Strip: glassing the inside -- how smooth?
Bill Hamm -- 3/21/2011, 12:13 am
Re: Strip: glassing the inside -- how smooth?
JohnK -- 3/21/2011, 12:15 am
Re: Strip: glassing the inside -- how smooth?
Etienne Muller - ireland -- 3/21/2011, 5:27 am