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Re: Warped deck
By:Mike Hanks
Date: 5/20/1999, 2:39 am
In Response To: Warped deck (David Sunshine)

> I am in hopes someone out there has some suggestions for my situation. I
> am building an Osprey Std. Last fall I finished the hull and glassed the
> outside of it. I glued the deck together but cold weather hit before I
> could go further. I picked back up this spring and finished the outside of
> the hull. I am ready to glass the inside of the hull. I now find that the
> deck has "relaxed" along the center seam, and it has become too
> large for the hull. How to obtain a fix? Osprey says I might have to cut
> the glue line and reglue and re do the glass reinforement tape. I wonder
> if I can, with the use of wire get the deck into the right shape and then
> glue it to the hull. Any thoughts or suggestions would be helpful. Thanx

I was able to take apart one of the seams on my Arctic Tern by carefully sanding off the epoxy and fiberglass tape.

Mike

Messages In This Thread

Warped deck
David Sunshine -- 5/19/1999, 10:26 pm
Re: Warped deck
Willy Dommen -- 5/20/1999, 11:30 am
Re: Warped deck
Mike Hanks -- 5/20/1999, 2:39 am
Re: Warped deck
Bruce E. -- 5/21/1999, 9:49 pm