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Re: Strip: Sequence of work on stripper?
By:Charles Robinson
Date: 4/6/2011, 7:14 pm
In Response To: Strip: Sequence of work on stripper? (Paul Lueders)

: Hull is glassed.

: 1. Do I glass the inside of the hull next? (Deck is complete
: (stripped not glassed yet), and sits on another set of horses
: with spreader sticks in place)

: 2. When do I put on fill coats of epoxy on the hull? (After the
: hull and deck are joined?)

: 3. When do you cut out the cockpit recess? (After deck is glassed
: or before?)

: Thanks for any advice!
: Paul
Fill coat(s) should be done ASAP. At least within 72 hrs of the glassing depending on the brand of epoxy. Read the epoxy manual. You want a chemical bond between the epoxy coats. If you wait too long, then you would have to do a mechanical bond, which means sanding, and you would sand through the fiberglass. Don't wait.

Charles Robinson

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Strip: Sequence of work on stripper?
Paul Lueders -- 4/6/2011, 5:30 pm
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StephenHJ -- 4/6/2011, 6:41 pm
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Charles Robinson -- 4/6/2011, 7:14 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/7/2011, 12:53 am
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Jay Babina -- 4/7/2011, 2:57 pm
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Charlie -- 4/7/2011, 11:29 pm
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