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Re: Sealing the seam
By:Robert Woodard
Date: 12/14/1998, 5:28 pm
In Response To: Re: Sealing the seam (Nick Schade)

> 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.

Thanks for the reply Nick. I got a stronger light and stuck my head in the front hatch to get a better look today. On the port seam I got it in pretty well. On the starboard side (the first side I did) I somehow came up a foot short in the bow! I'm going to drag a piece of tape over that last foot just to be safe.

In the stern I'm maybe 6" from the end on the starboard side, and very close to the end on the port side (I guess I was getting better as I went along). I'll drag a short piece in there also just to make "me" feel a little better.

About the time I started following the messages on this board, I think there was a discussion on if the end pour should be done before or after the outside seam. I could have read it elsewhere though because I was consuming a lot of info at the time.

My next (in this long series of) questions is: Do I need to do the end pour first? It would be easier for me to tape the outer seam first (during this week) and do the end pour later (next weekend), but I can wait if there is a good reason to do the end pour first.

Thanks in advance,

Woody

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