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Strip: Guillemot stern update
By:dave g
Date: 5/25/2010, 11:34 pm

After a week of hot towels, spray bottles and heat gunning I removed the strap and blocks pinching the stern together. Good news it took the re-shaping very well, to the piont that I didn't even need to fire a staple in ( I did anyway).
This technique worked amazingly well and I have to thank everyone on this board for thier advice, at first I was going to cut this area and start stripping from a different angle but thanks to everyone here this was alot less painfull than it could have been.

Ian if you are reading this then I have a question... after looking at your pic you were on your sixth strip when you did this pinch as I am on the fifth, question is how did you proceed? Cheater or no? Since you went through the same recently I really find myself hanging on your advice. Thanks.

Thanks again
Dave

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Guillemot stern update
dave g -- 5/25/2010, 11:34 pm
Re: Strip: Guillemot stern update *PIC*
Ian Johnson -- 5/26/2010, 5:12 am
Re: Strip: Guillemot stern update
dave g -- 5/26/2010, 7:15 pm