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Bubbles under glass
By:Dale Jeffers
Date: 4/9/2001, 8:04 pm

Yesterday I glassed the cockpit coaming to the deck on my Guillemot and I ended up with hundreds of bubbles where the coaming and deck meet. This was not outgassing (I know outgassing from building my canoe) but the result of the glass lifting at the right angle formed at the joint. I pushed the glass back in place over and over until the epoxie kicked. Today I tried drilling and filling with a syringe but to no avail. I will remove the epoxie from the joint with a Dremel and redo it but how do I prevent a repetition of this? I used 6oz 1.5 inch tape and Raka. The Raka was great to work with on the hull and deck, much easier and no odor as compared to the West.

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Bubbles under glass
Dale Jeffers -- 4/9/2001, 8:04 pm
Re: Bubbles under glass
Larry C. -- 4/9/2001, 9:48 pm
Re: Got no bias
Geo. Cushing -- 4/10/2001, 12:23 pm
Slick Trick
Rob Macks -- 4/10/2001, 11:58 am
Re: Slick Trick
mike allen ---> -- 4/10/2001, 3:17 pm
foam trick
Paul G. Jacobson -- 4/10/2001, 10:22 pm
Re: foam trick
John Monfoe -- 4/11/2001, 8:29 am
Re: Bubbles under glass
Arthur -- 4/9/2001, 8:18 pm
Re: Bubbles under glass
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 4/10/2001, 9:34 am
Re: Bubbles under glass
Roger Conrad -- 4/9/2001, 11:56 pm
Re: Bubbles under glass
daren neufeld -- 4/9/2001, 8:29 pm