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Re: Strip: Feathering fiberglass tape strips
By:Bryan Kapteyn
Date: 5/18/2011, 3:04 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: Feathering fiberglass tape strips (Thomas Duncan)

: I am of a like mind. I friggin' hate sanding epoxy, and I had a
: good (or what I thought was good) cartridge respirator when I
: last drove the ROS up Pike's Peak every night for a week. Still
: felt like I'd smoked a day's output from the Camel factory all
: at once for a few days after sanding. Now if I mess with epoxy,
: I will scrape it when it's a just hard enough, or mash it flat
: so I don't have to scrape it. Never again will I think
: "I'll just sand that off later." Ha! I think one of
: the best tips I picked up here for seam tape was to cut the
: selvage edge off first to aid feathering it in later.

I also use a scrapper, with a convex carbon steel edge for the initial feathering at glass overlaps. No dust, and when I do go to final sanding with the ROS as Rob suggests it takes only a few minutes. I hate sanding....I might have to try a SOF after building 7 strippers, although I'm getting better and faster at it. My Black Pearl should be finished in 150 hours. Painting does shorten the build time considerable.

Bryan K

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Strip: Feathering fiberglass tape strips *PIC*
Bob Zani -- 5/17/2011, 4:21 pm
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Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 5/17/2011, 6:45 pm
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Etienne Muller - ireland -- 5/18/2011, 6:04 am
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Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 5/18/2011, 7:56 am
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mike blandford -- 5/18/2011, 11:09 am
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Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 5/18/2011, 2:29 pm
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Kirk Fredericks - Farback Carpentry and Automation -- 5/18/2011, 3:23 pm
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Noel Bennett -- 5/18/2011, 5:39 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 5/19/2011, 9:13 pm
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Les Cheeseman -- 5/21/2011, 4:50 pm
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Etiennemuller Muller Ireland -- 5/21/2011, 6:46 pm
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Etiennemuller Muller Ireland -- 5/21/2011, 6:47 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 5/22/2011, 12:46 am
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Bill Hamm -- 5/22/2011, 12:45 am
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Etienne Muller - ireland -- 5/18/2011, 3:49 pm
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Les Cheeseman -- 5/19/2011, 3:39 pm
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Nick Riccardi -- 5/18/2011, 7:48 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 5/19/2011, 2:01 am
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Dennis -- 5/19/2011, 11:29 am
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Mike Savage -- 5/18/2011, 3:13 pm
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Allan -- 5/18/2011, 6:40 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 5/19/2011, 1:57 am
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dave mckinney -- 5/18/2011, 9:18 pm
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Roger -- 5/17/2011, 10:07 pm
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Thomas Duncan -- 5/18/2011, 7:41 am
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Bryan Kapteyn -- 5/18/2011, 3:04 pm
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Etienne Muller - ireland -- 5/18/2011, 3:52 pm
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Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 5/18/2011, 4:29 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 5/19/2011, 2:10 am
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Thomas Duncan -- 5/19/2011, 7:31 am
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Bill Hamm -- 5/19/2011, 9:18 pm
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Ken Blanton -- 5/18/2011, 9:43 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 5/19/2011, 9:21 pm