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Re: Strip: coaming - no lip?
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 10/4/2011, 2:36 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: coaming - no lip? (Al Edie)

: That's interesting Bill. I think I have used a couple different
: types of tape with no problem. The last stuff I used is just
: super cheap stuff that I bought in a package of 6 rolls,
: possibly at the local hardware store, but I can't recall for
: certain. I have used it for the underside of my coaming, and
: under the initial fabrication of the hatch seal mounts, and both
: applications worked fine. As for a smooth surface, I doubt any
: of them were perfect, but they were more than good enough for
: the intended joints which were made with thickened epoxy anyway.
: For the most part, I found that the tape would produce a
: released surface more or less as smooth as the underlying
: surface to which the tape was applied. Tape overlaps would leave
: bumps, but these would pretty much disappear when sanding to
: epoxy the molded parts together.

: However, your observation suggests that before trusting a type of
: tape, it would make sense to test it with the epoxy one uses to
: make sure that it will release as expected.

: Best regards,

: Allan Edie

Quite a few years ago, when the company was building furniture, I bought a case of packing tape, still have several of those 6 packs of tape left. Have no idea where I bought it, works fine for packing, not so well as a release. I do though have several cans of mold release wax, so I use it :)

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: coaming - no lip?
Bill VerSteeg -- 9/27/2011, 10:31 am
Re: Strip: coaming - no lip?
Bob Beaullieu -- 9/27/2011, 11:24 am
Re: Strip: coaming - no lip?
Al Edie -- 9/27/2011, 12:00 pm
Re: Strip: coaming - no lip?
Bill VerSteeg -- 9/28/2011, 8:56 am
Re: Strip: coaming - no lip?
Jay Babina -- 9/27/2011, 1:50 pm
Re: Strip: coaming - no lip?
Bill VerSteeg -- 9/28/2011, 8:53 am
Re: Strip: coaming - no lip?
Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 9/27/2011, 2:16 pm
Re: Strip: coaming - no lip?
Mike Bielski -- 9/27/2011, 3:01 pm
Re: Strip: coaming - no lip?
Al Edie -- 9/29/2011, 1:41 pm
Re: Strip: coaming - no lip?
Bill Hamm -- 9/29/2011, 3:51 pm
Re: Strip: coaming - no lip?
Al Edie -- 9/30/2011, 11:28 am
Re: Strip: coaming - no lip?
Bill Hamm -- 10/3/2011, 1:57 am
Re: Strip: coaming - no lip?
Al Edie -- 10/3/2011, 1:56 pm
Re: Strip: coaming - no lip?
Bill Hamm -- 10/4/2011, 2:36 am
Re: Strip: coaming - no lip?
Charles Robinson -- 9/27/2011, 5:39 pm
Re: Strip: coaming - no lip?
Bill Hamm -- 9/28/2011, 2:04 am
Re: Strip: coaming - no lip? *PIC*
Jeff Horton -- 9/28/2011, 2:28 pm
Re: Strip: coaming - no lip?
Bill VerSteeg -- 9/28/2011, 2:37 pm
Re: Strip: coaming - no lip?
Jeff Horton -- 9/28/2011, 4:01 pm
Re: Strip: coaming - no lip?
StephenHJ -- 9/28/2011, 4:24 pm
Re: Strip: coaming - no lip?
Bill Hamm -- 9/29/2011, 2:05 am