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Glue lines
By:Pete Rudie
Date: 4/15/1999, 12:23 pm
In Response To: Re: Rounding over the chines (Pete Roszyk)

That's great advice from Pete Roszyk. Here's one additional tidbit.

> Where the panels meet at more of an angle, you sand more than if they met
> more flatly. Sanding the top 1 mm layer will give you a much more
> smooth/round seam than without sanding, and the cloth will wrap nicely,
> but it won't be quite like as in a strip built. (Nothing is, >sigh you can't make it invisible.)

You can't make it round like a stripper (;-) but you can make the glue lines almost disappear. You saved the wood flour from your sander, right? If not, sand some scraps until you have some more. Mix up some epoxy, add the flour a little bit at a time, and eventually you will have a perfect color match. If you go too far, use it someplace that doesn't show and start over. The resin darkens the natural wood color, but at some point there will be an almost perfect match. If you use that for filling the outside seams and butt joints, it looks like a continuous piece of wood.

Messages In This Thread

Rounding over the chines
Craig Christensen -- 4/15/1999, 8:32 am
Re: Rounding over the chines
lee -- 4/21/1999, 11:22 am
Re: Rounding over the chines
Paul -- 4/16/1999, 3:10 pm
Re: Rounding over the chines
Pete Roszyk -- 4/15/1999, 9:42 am
Glue lines
Pete Rudie -- 4/15/1999, 12:23 pm
wood flour
Craig Christensen -- 4/15/1999, 12:59 pm
Re: wood flour
Jerry Weinraub -- 4/16/1999, 6:46 am
Add Cabosil to taste
Pete Rudie -- 4/15/1999, 4:00 pm
Thanks Pete
Craig Christensen -- 4/15/1999, 10:20 am