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Re: Any suggestions?
By:Nick Schade
Date: 12/9/1998, 9:09 am
In Response To: Any suggestions? (Robert Woodard)

Make sure you have a good radius on any corners. A minimum of 1/8" radius is necessary to let the bias-cut glass conform. A larger radius is easier.

Glass is not required on the lip, though it is a good idea. You should glass the inside of the coaming.

Try sanding the transition between the deck and the coaming more to ease the corner. Use fairly wide strips of bias-cut glass (3 or 4 inches). It should not be that hard to make the glass conform.

> I'm typing this as I sit here and stew about my many attempts to glass the
> coaming tonight. I've pulled all the glass back off and gave it the boot
> out the back door. I tried plain cloth, bias cut, and fiberglass tape and
> none of them would stay around the lip of the coaming. I've wasted way too
> much glass and epoxy trying to get it to a state that would at least work,
> much less look decent. I cut slits, pulled, yanked, tried thickening the
> epoxy, nothing worked.

> Before I applied the lip, I did glass the outside of the coaming without
> any problems. Do I need to glass the inside and the lip? It looks like it
> will require it because of the stress this area will receive, but I don't
> know how to go about going it.

> Thoroughly frustrated,

> Woody

Messages In This Thread

Any suggestions?
Robert Woodard -- 12/8/1998, 8:51 pm
Re: Any suggestions?
Nick Schade -- 12/9/1998, 9:09 am
Re: Any suggestions?
Robert Woodard -- 12/9/1998, 5:54 pm
Re: One
Pete -- 12/9/1998, 7:39 pm