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Strip: Debating over hull glass
By:Paul Harker
Date: 3/1/2018, 3:05 pm

Much thanks to all for answering so many of my questions either directly or through the forum archives. As I write this my internal seam tape is curing and I now have something that looks much like a kayak.
If I've learned anything from the experience, it's that every two days of progress were complimented with a day of problem solving and mistake corrections!
In any event, I now must decide what glass treatment to give the hull. It currently has 4oz inside and out, and the outside has a light fill coat.

I am debating three options:
Add 4oz keel strips over bow and stern
Add 4oz "football" plus keel strips
Add 2nd 4oz layer over entire hull plus keel strips

Opinions welcome!

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Strip: Debating over hull glass
Paul Harker -- 3/1/2018, 3:05 pm
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Paul Harker -- 3/1/2018, 3:20 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 3/1/2018, 3:46 pm
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Paul Harker -- 3/1/2018, 4:27 pm
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anewhouse -- 3/1/2018, 8:27 pm
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JayBabina -- 3/2/2018, 6:59 am
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Rob Macks /Laughing Loon CC&K -- 3/2/2018, 9:04 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 3/2/2018, 12:12 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 3/2/2018, 4:19 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 3/2/2018, 4:42 pm
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Paul Harker -- 3/2/2018, 2:28 pm
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anewhouse -- 3/1/2018, 3:57 pm
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Howie II -- 3/1/2018, 5:26 pm
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Paul G Sylvester -- 3/2/2018, 3:01 am
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Etienne Muller -- 3/2/2018, 12:55 pm
Keel Strips
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 3/2/2018, 5:18 pm