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Re: Strip: what is a gap really? *PIC*
By:robert l
Date: 3/2/2012, 11:23 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: what is a gap really? (Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K)

: Can you provide a few photos of the worst spots?

: The trouble with B&C is the cove naturally hides the joint.

: You'd think it would be easy to catch, but working with long
: strips, one
: dosen't apply equal pressure along every inch to seat the cove on
: the bead.

: That's why I stopped using B&C on my deck almost from the start and
: stopped using it
: altogether years ago. With a pre-milled 3˚ bevel on one strip
: edge, or a hand beveled
: strip joint you can see how tight the joint is immediately. And not
: have a surprise gap
: I fill gaps (who me! have gaps!) only on the inside these days,
: with "Durham's" water putty
: wood filler and I use artist's acrylic paint to color the filler.

: Trying to fill gaps usually ends in emphasizing them because it is
: very difficult to match
: the color of the filler to the wood color. And when you coat the
: hull with epoxy the filler
: changes color. You COULD make it a design feature and really
: emphasize the color different,
: make your hull look like a chinked log cabin! Or maybe not!

: My advise is to wet the wood down well, with a sponge and water, to
: bring out the color
: and run across the room, take off your glasses and if you can still
: see those gaps, go for
: the log cabin look!

: all the best,
: Rob

Here are some pics, not sure about loading pictures this way but I wanted to give it a shot
http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/425998_381374888540382_100000036213231_1602380_561287330_n.jpg
http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/425998_381374898540381_100000036213231_1602383_1778898870_n.jpg
http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/425998_381374895207048_100000036213231_1602382_192989880_n.jpg

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Strip: what is a gap really?
robert l -- 2/29/2012, 10:23 am
Re: Strip: what is a gap really?
Mike Bielski -- 2/29/2012, 11:40 am
Re: Strip: what is a gap really?
george jung -- 2/29/2012, 12:10 pm
Re: Strip: what is a gap really?
Mike Bielski -- 2/29/2012, 5:14 pm
Re: Strip: what is a gap really?
robert l -- 3/1/2012, 1:45 am
Re: Strip: what is a gap really?
Kirk Fredericks -- 3/1/2012, 10:09 am
Re: Strip: what is a gap really?
Glenn -- 3/1/2012, 4:44 pm
Re: Strip: what is a gap really?
ancient kayaker -- 3/1/2012, 5:10 pm
Re: Strip: what is a gap really?
Etienne Muller -- 3/1/2012, 5:51 pm
Re: Strip: what is a gap really?
robert l -- 3/2/2012, 1:33 am
Re: Strip: what is a gap really? *PIC*
Etienne Muller -- 3/2/2012, 3:23 am
Re: Strip: what is a gap really? *PIC*
Etienne Muller -- 3/2/2012, 3:26 am
Re: Strip: what is a gap really?
Justin -- 3/2/2012, 5:18 am
Re: Strip: what is a gap really? *PIC*
Etienne Muller -- 3/2/2012, 6:02 am
Re: Strip: what is a gap really?
Mike Savage -- 3/2/2012, 9:56 am
Re: Strip: what is a gap really?
Kirk Fredericks -- 3/2/2012, 8:57 am
Re: Strip: what is a gap really?
Etienne Muller -- 3/2/2012, 10:15 am
Re: Strip: what is a gap really?
robert l -- 3/2/2012, 12:10 pm
Re: Strip: what is a gap really?
Jay Babina -- 3/2/2012, 2:55 pm
Re: Strip: what is a gap really?
Kirk Fredericks -- 3/2/2012, 5:44 pm
Re: Strip: what is a gap really?
Robert l -- 3/2/2012, 9:32 pm
Re: Strip: what is a gap really?
ancient kayaker -- 3/2/2012, 5:09 pm
Re: Strip: what is a gap really?
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 2/29/2012, 1:08 pm
Re: Strip: what is a gap really? *PIC*
robert l -- 3/2/2012, 11:23 am
Re: Strip: what is a gap really?
John Abercrombie -- 2/29/2012, 1:16 pm
Re: Strip: what is a gap really?
Randy Echtinaw -- 2/29/2012, 4:07 pm
Re: Strip: what is a gap really?
Kirk Fredericks -- 3/1/2012, 10:07 am
Re: Strip: what is a gap really? *PIC*
Sean Dawe -- 3/1/2012, 8:30 am
Re: Strip: what is a gap really?
John Messinger -- 3/1/2012, 1:22 pm