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Re: Strip: Heating work area for fiberglassing
By:Stephen Troy
Date: 11/17/2010, 1:47 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: Heating work area for fiberglassing (Mark Rakestraw)

: Bill's right about the electric heaters being cheap. Garages are
: seldom well insulated and easy to heat though. Titebond Extend
: is good down to 40 degrees (unlike regular Titebond which is
: only good down to 50). Of course YOU may not be good down to 40.

Heh. I expect outdoor temp to be constantly around 0 deg Fahrenheit during the time I work (evenings) for 3-4 weeks of the project. So if I can work in 40 degrees in a garage, I'll be pretty happy.

I worried more about temp variations using space heaters since I hear about how relative temp differences around the hull can cause blush or bubbles or explosions or radioactivity.

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Strip: Heating work area for fiberglassing
Stephen Troy -- 11/16/2010, 11:12 am
Re: Strip: Heating work area for fiberglassing
Paul G.Jacobson -- 11/28/2010, 3:32 am
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Mark Rakestraw -- 11/16/2010, 1:19 pm
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Stephen Troy -- 11/17/2010, 1:47 am
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Bill Hamm -- 11/17/2010, 7:48 am
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Stephen Troy -- 11/17/2010, 1:03 pm
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Mark -- 11/18/2010, 12:01 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/18/2010, 1:26 am
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Al Edie -- 11/18/2010, 12:21 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/19/2010, 12:49 am
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PatrickC -- 11/21/2010, 5:59 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/22/2010, 12:40 am
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Bill Hamm -- 11/22/2010, 12:42 am
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Bill Hamm -- 11/18/2010, 1:36 pm
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Pat MacDonald -- 11/17/2010, 8:58 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 11/17/2010, 9:17 am
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Ancient Kayaker -- 11/20/2010, 11:57 am
Re: Strip: Heating work area for fiberglassing *PIC*
Farback -- 11/20/2010, 12:45 pm
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Les Cheeseman -- 11/17/2010, 10:28 am
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Mike Savage -- 11/17/2010, 5:05 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/17/2010, 9:05 am
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Kurt Maurer -- 11/16/2010, 6:17 pm
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Darel -- 11/16/2010, 8:29 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/16/2010, 8:41 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/16/2010, 12:08 pm
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Stephen Troy -- 11/16/2010, 12:20 pm