> I've just completed putting a sacrificial strip of 8.5 oz fiberglass tape
> on the keel of my Pygmy Coho last night. This was done immediatley after
> putting the first fill coat over the fiberglass cloth covering the outside
> of the hull. I noticed that one edge of the tape seemed thicker than the
> other edge. After epoxying, that edge really sticks up no matter how much
> I tried to squeegee it down. Because it would take so much epoxy to cover
> it I was thinking of using a cabinet scraper to lower that edge so it
> isn't so prominent. Is that likely to cause a problem? The epoxy is still
> green and the tape edge should be easy to trim. I'll stop before I cut in
> to the flat portion of the tape or surrounding fiberglass.

> Any help will be appreciated.

> Thanks Mike

Mike,

I used a plane to clean up the keel tape on my Tern, but I now have a scraper, so I used that on the plywood Walrus. The plane works, but the scraper is THE way to do it.

Mike Hanks