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Re: Strip: Epoxy and fiberglass cloth
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 3/29/2011, 11:43 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: Epoxy and fiberglass cloth (Robert N Pruden)

: Hmm! I must have lucked out with my dollar store scissors, Bill. I
: used them to cut the Kevlar fairly easily. One buck'll do ya
: with a little luck. As for wetting out, I had no problems. Since
: I have 6-oz glass on the outside, strength was never an issue
: unless you are banging the hull on hard northern ice shelves but
: that wasn't the Kevlar that gave way, that was the glass. I am
: positive that the Kevlar absorbed more epoxy so more weight was
: added than if I used a lighter weave. I put the Kevlar in the
: cockpit more to hold the cockpit "pieces" together
: then next time I accidently do something horribly stupid that
: causes it to want to disintegrate and also to minimize the wear
: and tear around the footpegs. Two layers of 6-oz glass just
: doesn't cut it when ya go over a class 6 rapid.

: Robert N Pruden

Class 6 rapid in a touring boat huh?

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Epoxy and fiberglass cloth
Carl Kessler -- 3/28/2011, 8:59 am
Re: Strip: Epoxy and fiberglass cloth
Paul G. Jacobson -- 3/28/2011, 12:20 pm
Kevlar use...
Robert N Pruden -- 3/29/2011, 10:54 am
Re: Kevlar use...
Bill Hamm -- 3/29/2011, 12:40 pm
Re: Strip: Epoxy and fiberglass cloth
Bill Hamm -- 3/28/2011, 12:37 pm
Re: Strip: Epoxy and fiberglass cloth
Robert N Pruden -- 3/29/2011, 11:29 am
Re: Strip: Epoxy and fiberglass cloth
Bill Hamm -- 3/29/2011, 11:43 am
Re: Strip: Epoxy and fiberglass cloth
Robert N Pruden -- 3/29/2011, 12:38 pm
Re: Strip: Epoxy and fiberglass cloth
Bill Hamm -- 3/29/2011, 1:08 pm
Re: Strip: Epoxy and fiberglass cloth
Robert N Pruden -- 3/29/2011, 1:29 pm
Re: Strip: Epoxy and fiberglass cloth
Bill Hamm -- 3/30/2011, 1:44 am
Re: Strip: Epoxy and fiberglass cloth
Malcolm Schweizer -- 3/28/2011, 1:20 pm
Re: Strip: Epoxy and fiberglass cloth
Charlie -- 3/28/2011, 5:12 pm
Re: Strip: Epoxy and fiberglass cloth
Carl Kessler -- 3/28/2011, 10:13 pm