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Re: Strip: Stripping deck and hull prior to glassi
By:Joe Whitman
Date: 12/7/2010, 6:09 pm
In Response To: Strip: Stripping deck and hull prior to glassing (Stephen Troy)

: I'm going to be dying the deck and hull of my kayak the same color.
: Looking at the concerns in the archives about getting consistent
: color, it struck me that I might be better off doing all the
: dying at once rather than stripping/dying/glassing the hull and
: then starting the deck and hoping to match the color.

: Does anybody do this? Focusing the glassing into a smaller time
: window would also help me with building logistics.

This is how Nick describes it in his books. I have done both my boats this way, works just fine. And it is easier to flair sand the hull to deck seam. I have always used an internal strongback using a external one this may not be a good idea. Not sure what kind of strongback you are using. Joe

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Stripping deck and hull prior to glassing
Stephen Troy -- 12/7/2010, 2:55 pm
Re: Strip: Stripping deck and hull prior to glassi
Bill Hamm -- 12/8/2010, 12:28 am
Re: Strip: Stripping deck and hull prior to glassi
Stephen Troy -- 12/8/2010, 1:22 am
Re: Strip: Stripping deck and hull prior to glassi
Bill Hamm -- 12/8/2010, 5:09 am
Re: Strip: Stripping deck and hull prior to glassi
Joe Whitman -- 12/7/2010, 6:09 pm