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Strip: Gaps between strips
By:Brad
Date: 11/4/2001, 6:31 pm

I have finished fairing and am wondering how fussy I need to be about small gaps between the strips. I have put filler into any that I can see right through to the inside but it would be a big job to do that to all the ones that are tight on the inside but open on the outside (I am not using cove and bead). I guess the real question is, will the epoxy fill the fine gaps or is there too much risk of the cloth going dry? Also, in cases where the PVA has completely filled such gaps and not shrunk back, is this a suitable substrate for the glass (can't do anything about it now anyway but still curious).

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Gaps between strips
Brad -- 11/4/2001, 6:31 pm
Re: Strip: Gaps between strips
Paul G. Jacobson -- 11/6/2001, 8:53 pm
Re: Strip: Gaps between strips
Ben Staley -- 11/5/2001, 10:19 am