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Strip: to glass or not to glass
By:Andrew T
Date: 7/21/2012, 12:03 pm

I've read that some people do and some people don't glass up/over/under the coaming lip.
From the things I've read the people who don't do it say it's fine and the glass is overkill, and the people who do would never not. Some just glass the top of the lip but not over and under... What is the general consensus on this?

Seems a few coats of epoxy could perhaps be strong enough, but maybe I'm putting to much faith into the epoxy oak combo..
I'm a little scared to attempt glassing the thing due to the complex curves and my relative inexperience with fiberglass (it looks to good to mess up).
My riser is vertical strips with 2 layers of 6oz glass on the outside, and one layer on the inside.
The lip is 6 layers of 1/8X1/4 oak laminated together with epoxy and glued on the riser with thickened epoxy.

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Strip: to glass or not to glass
Andrew T -- 7/21/2012, 12:03 pm
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scottbaxter -- 7/21/2012, 2:20 pm
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John Abercrombie -- 7/21/2012, 5:09 pm
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JohnFaas -- 7/22/2012, 12:19 pm
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Nick Riccardi -- 7/21/2012, 3:14 pm
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Rod Tait (Orca Boats) -- 7/21/2012, 5:03 pm
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John Abercrombie -- 7/21/2012, 9:47 pm
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Rod Tait (Orca Boats) -- 7/21/2012, 10:00 pm
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Mike Savage -- 7/22/2012, 9:41 am
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ancient kayaker -- 7/22/2012, 10:05 pm
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John Abercrombie -- 7/23/2012, 3:00 am
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Brian Hanks -- 7/23/2012, 5:43 am
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dave g -- 7/23/2012, 9:22 pm
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Brian Hanks -- 7/24/2012, 5:58 am
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dave g -- 7/24/2012, 8:58 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/25/2012, 2:02 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/24/2012, 1:39 am
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Brian Hanks -- 7/24/2012, 5:56 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/25/2012, 2:04 am
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Brian Hanks -- 7/26/2012, 10:30 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/26/2012, 10:50 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/22/2012, 12:44 am
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Rod Tait (Orca Boats) -- 7/22/2012, 10:43 am
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Ric Moodie -- 7/21/2012, 9:49 pm
Needed vs. necessary
Jay Babina -- 7/22/2012, 7:58 am