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Re: Glassing coaming lips
By:Jay Babina
Date: 4/4/2000, 12:36 pm
In Response To: Glassing coaming lips (Kent LeBoutillier)

Very few people glass the lip. This actually came up on the bulleten board a year ago. Assuming you're doing a Nick Shade style coaming and have glassed it, the lip has plenty of structrual integrity and really needs only to be coated with epoxy. You can certainly glass it if you want, however it's a chore to get to wet out with no air etc. and when you're done you achieved nothing but another glass area to fill the weave etc.

Messages In This Thread

Glassing coaming lips
Kent LeBoutillier -- 4/4/2000, 9:39 am
Re: Glassing coaming lips
Jay Babina -- 4/4/2000, 12:36 pm
Re: Less Glassing on coaming lips
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 4/5/2000, 3:33 pm
Re: Less Glassing on coaming lips
Kent LeBoutillier -- 4/6/2000, 6:15 am