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Re: Wetting out tape on Pygmy butt joints
By:Shawn Baker
Date: 4/20/2001, 12:35 pm
In Response To: Re: Wetting out tape on Pygmy butt joints (Bill Price)

: I don't recall having any trouble with this, but maybe they've changed tapes.
: Do they still have you place clear plastic over the joint and press it
: down with bricks? If the tape is a real problem, maybe switching to some
: strips of 6 oz fabric would be better. The seams will all get glassed on
: both sides anyway, so it should be strong enough.

It's a really tightly-woven plain weave tape. I've never seen anything like it--it's quite stiff, almost like 1000 denier ballistic cloth Cordura, rather than the looser "almost like burlap" weave of normal cloth/tape. It felt almost tighter and stiffer than satin cloth.

Have you seen it before, or does it sound new?

Shawn

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Wetting out tape on Pygmy butt joints
Shawn Baker -- 4/20/2001, 10:08 am
Re: Wetting out tape on Pygmy butt joints
Lee Gardner -- 4/23/2001, 10:23 am
Re: Wetting out tape on Pygmy butt joints
Mike -- 4/21/2001, 12:06 pm
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Robert Palmeter -- 4/20/2001, 4:20 pm
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Bill Sivori -- 4/20/2001, 8:16 pm
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Mike Hanks -- 4/20/2001, 3:00 pm
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Dave Grimmer -- 4/20/2001, 2:17 pm
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Dean Trexel -- 4/20/2001, 1:05 pm
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Bill Price -- 4/20/2001, 12:29 pm
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Jim Owens -- 4/20/2001, 12:49 pm
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Bill Price -- 4/20/2001, 2:29 pm
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skip -- 4/20/2001, 4:14 pm
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mike allen ---> -- 4/20/2001, 3:07 pm
Re: Wetting out tape on Pygmy butt joints
Shawn Baker -- 4/20/2001, 12:35 pm
Re: Wetting out tape on Pygmy butt joints
Bill Price -- 4/20/2001, 2:17 pm
Re: Wetting out tape on Pygmy butt joints
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 4/20/2001, 10:45 am
Re: Wetting out tape on Pygmy butt joints
Larry C. -- 4/20/2001, 12:11 pm
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Pete Rudie -- 4/20/2001, 10:41 am
Re: Wetting out tape on Pygmy butt joints
David -- 4/23/2001, 3:12 pm
Re: Wetting out tape on Pygmy butt joints
Shawn Baker -- 4/20/2001, 10:53 am
Re: Wetting out tape on Pygmy butt joints
Chris Casazza -- 4/20/2001, 10:33 am