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Re: Glass bottom boat - scratches
By:john rominski
Date: 8/26/1999, 7:05 pm
In Response To: Re: Glass bottom boat - read archived messages (Jim Burnell)

> You might want to try it on a piece of scrap to see if it would be clear
> enough, it would certainly make it stronger. I was thinking you could even
> do it in a curved area of the hull by warming the plexiglass with a heat
> gun to make it bend. There are stronger types of clear plastic than
> plexiglass that you might want to consider. It seems like it would be hard
> to keep it from getting scratched up though. Regards, Jim Burnell

Scratches could be helped by slight recessing of the window.

Scratches also tend to mostly disappear when wet.

Messages In This Thread

Glass bottom boat
Dale Frolander -- 8/25/1999, 3:25 am
Re: Glass bottom boat
Nolan -- 8/25/1999, 6:29 am
Re: Glass bottom boat - read archived messages
john rominski -- 8/25/1999, 8:23 am
Re: Glass bottom boat - read archived messages
Dale Frolander -- 8/25/1999, 9:52 pm
Re: Glass bottom boat - read archived messages
Paul Woolson -- 8/25/1999, 10:58 am
Re: Glass bottom boat - read archived messages
Jim Burnell -- 8/25/1999, 9:33 pm
Re: Glass bottom boat - scratches
john rominski -- 8/26/1999, 7:05 pm