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Strip: Accent strip problem *PIC*
By:Paul T
Date: 11/21/2016, 8:32 pm

I'm building a Night Heron that I have used aspen for accent stripes. I choose to go with 1/8" because I plan to stain this boat with a medium dark stain and I didn't want the white accents to be too large and take away from the dark stain on the boat.

My problem is that the accent I ran down the centre of the deck with is crooked. I hot glued the accent in first and ran the strips up to it. Even though I was careful when I shaped each strip that ran up to the accent it still ended up wobbly when I sight down it. Lesson learned and won't try that one again.

So now I'm trying to figure out how to remove and straighten the line. I have some 3/16" strips to replace it and thought once I get a straight line laid down I might be able to use a razor saw or utility blade to cut it out to the larger size and glue in a 3/16 accent. I tried some stain tests with thoughts that I could just stain it dark with the rest of the boat, but because the aspen is so white it will still stand out.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

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Strip: Accent strip problem *PIC*
Paul T -- 11/21/2016, 8:32 pm
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John Kroeze -- 11/21/2016, 9:30 pm
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Paul T -- 11/21/2016, 9:56 pm
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dave koslow -- 11/22/2016, 2:18 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/23/2016, 12:50 am
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scottbaxter -- 11/21/2016, 10:25 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 11/21/2016, 11:48 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 11/22/2016, 11:03 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 11/22/2016, 5:50 pm
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John Kroeze -- 11/22/2016, 12:27 am
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Kyle T -- 11/22/2016, 7:10 am
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Paul T -- 11/22/2016, 8:27 am
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 11/22/2016, 8:30 am
Bungee cord to the rescue
jaybabina -- 11/22/2016, 8:37 am
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Paul T -- 11/26/2016, 2:48 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 11/26/2016, 4:00 pm
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Paul T -- 11/26/2016, 4:20 pm