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Re: Sealing the seam
By:Nick Schade
Date: 12/14/1998, 8:56 am
In Response To: Sealing the seam (Robert Woodard)

You may not have reached all the way to the end, but this is one reason I do an endpour. There may be a gap between the end of the tape and the endpour, but it will not be long enough to be a problem.

> Today the boat changed from a "canoe with a removable top" to a
> real kayak. The bias tape behaved very well and unrolled great down the
> shear line. It's possible I didn't get the tape close enough to the ends.
> How close should it be? I used a 2" brush with the handle cut off and
> pushed the tape down as far as that would allow, but it seems like a long
> way from the end in the bow. I can go back and drag a short piece of tape
> down further if I need.

Messages In This Thread

Sealing the seam
Robert Woodard -- 12/13/1998, 3:00 pm
Re: Sealing the seam - Pictures
Joe Greenley -- 12/14/1998, 1:15 pm
Re: Sealing the seam - Pictures
Robert Woodard -- 12/14/1998, 5:13 pm
Re: Sealing the seam
Nick Schade -- 12/14/1998, 8:56 am
Re: Sealing the seam
Robert Woodard -- 12/14/1998, 5:28 pm