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strip hull, then deck, then sand?
By:Bill
Date: 7/21/2000, 9:47 am

I read Nick's book and I think the order of part of the process is to strip the hull, flip over while the forms are still stapled in place, strip the deck, make the cockpit and coaming, carefully remove the deck, fair and glass the outside of the hull, do the same for the inside, then do the same to the deck, then get the two together whichever of the many ways you want to. Is this right?

I have read in other places to strip the hull, remove the staples, fair, glass the outside and THEN work on the deck, glass the outside of that and then work on the inside of each. Since my project will go on over the summer and fall, I don't want to glass anything until I can glass the inside within a couple of weeks (due to warping, shrinking, etc.). Does this sound like a reasonable concern? The strips have been in my cellar for 3 months so should be pretty stable.

Has anyone had problems with the deck falling apart when removing it as described in Nick's book? I can just see lifting it off and shattering the thing.

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strip hull, then deck, then sand?
Bill -- 7/21/2000, 9:47 am
Re: strip hull, then deck, then sand?
Tony -- 7/21/2000, 12:29 pm