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Re: Material: Introduction and redwood question
By:Tom Yost
Date: 7/20/2010, 8:24 am
In Response To: Material: Introduction and redwood question (Kaspar Abbo)

:I noticed a passage where he (Nick)
: explained that he had trouble with Redwood delaminating over the
: long haul.

Kaspar ,

My last seven strippers were made entirely of redwood with Titebond gluing the strips
and West Systems epoxy for glassing. I assume Nick's reference to delamination
refers to glass delamination, and not glue joints ? On my redwood boats, there has been no
delamination of the fiberglass, and no breaks in the glue joints.

Redwood , due to it's resins, can delaminate with polyester resin / fiberglass, and did just that
on my first stripper attempt (1972).

It seems that Nick could easily clear this up with one simple post.

Tom

Messages In This Thread

Material: Introduction and redwood question
Kaspar Abbo -- 7/19/2010, 6:48 pm
Re: Material: Introduction and redwood question
Tom Yost -- 7/20/2010, 8:24 am
Re: Material: Introduction and redwood question
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 7/20/2010, 12:22 pm
Re: Material: Introduction and redwood question
Kaspar Abbo -- 7/20/2010, 1:02 pm
epoxy over oily woods
Paul G. Jacobson -- 7/20/2010, 8:50 pm
Re: epoxy over oily woods
Jay Babina -- 7/21/2010, 9:46 am
Re: epoxy over oily woods
Don -- 7/25/2010, 11:34 pm
Re: epoxy over oily woods
Malcolm Schweizer -- 7/21/2010, 3:46 am
Re: Material: Introduction and redwood question
Jay Babina -- 7/20/2010, 7:29 am
Re: Material: Introduction and redwood question
Mike Bielski -- 7/19/2010, 9:50 pm
Re: Material: Introduction and redwood question
Bill Hamm -- 7/19/2010, 7:02 pm
Re: Material: Introduction and redwood question
wwfloyd -- 7/19/2010, 7:59 pm
Re: Material: Introduction and redwood question
Bill Hamm -- 7/20/2010, 8:30 am
Re: Material: Introduction and redwood question
Paul G. Jacobson -- 7/20/2010, 3:36 am
Re: Material: Introduction and redwood question
Kaspar Abbo -- 7/19/2010, 7:25 pm