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Re: Strip: Great Auk leaks.
By:JohnAbercrombie
Date: 8/2/2015, 5:03 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: Great Auk leaks. (chris wynne)

Correct. Maybe resin was too thin or I sanded too much. Regardless, I'll epoxy and varnish to fill all pin holes.

I've found that 4oz cloth is much more prone to pinholes than 6oz, probably because of the higher thread count.
It's something you won't see mentioned much when people are criticizing 6oz cloth as 'too heavy'.

Be a bit careful with the Cabosil on the outside of the kayak - some 'knockoff' fumed silica thickeners aka 'AntiSag/NoSag' stay 'white' looking after mixing with epoxy. I remember 'in the day' having thickner that mixed up into a Vaseline-like clear greasy mixture with epoxy. The stuff I get locally stays whitish...not that I mind, since I paint my boats now. ;-)

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Strip: Great Auk leaks.
chris wynne -- 8/1/2015, 11:56 am
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MattD. -- 8/1/2015, 12:11 pm
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scottbaxter -- 8/1/2015, 12:20 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 8/1/2015, 2:14 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/1/2015, 4:35 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 8/1/2015, 8:44 pm
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Dan Thaler -- 8/2/2015, 8:03 am
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Nick Riccardi -- 8/2/2015, 9:24 am
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chris wynne -- 8/2/2015, 9:29 am
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Bill Hamm -- 8/2/2015, 9:36 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 8/2/2015, 11:21 am
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Nick Riccardi -- 8/2/2015, 11:31 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 8/2/2015, 7:37 pm
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Nick Riccardi -- 8/2/2015, 9:37 am
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chris wynne -- 8/2/2015, 9:40 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 8/2/2015, 10:02 am
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chris wynne -- 8/2/2015, 11:46 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 8/2/2015, 5:03 pm
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Jay Babina -- 8/2/2015, 8:15 pm
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Phil -- 8/10/2015, 11:22 am
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scottbaxter -- 8/10/2015, 2:10 pm
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Nick Riccardi -- 8/10/2015, 2:17 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/11/2015, 9:24 am
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Nick Riccardi -- 8/11/2015, 1:23 pm