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Re: Material: fiberglass seam tape
By:Dan Caouette (CSCWC)
Date: 12/14/2015, 12:15 pm
In Response To: Re: Material: fiberglass seam tape (Roy Martin)

I agree, coaxial braided tapes are awesome. The side edge will not unravel and they don't have the selvage (the lump on regular woven tape). They can be a bit of a pain to work with as they like to expand and shrink in size with handling.

Then again for exterior joints I usually just cut my own bias-cut cloth strips, usually from scraps. I lay out my cloth on dedicated piece of masonite and cut them using a straight edge and a new utility knife blade. I tried a rotary cutter but the knife seems to work better.

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Material: fiberglass seam tape
Marc Donnelly -- 12/12/2015, 6:20 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/12/2015, 6:41 pm
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Marc Donnelly -- 12/12/2015, 7:37 pm
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Allan -- 12/12/2015, 10:54 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 12/12/2015, 10:57 pm
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Thomas Duncan -- 12/14/2015, 7:53 am
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Bill Hamm -- 12/13/2015, 12:47 am
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Bill Hamm -- 12/13/2015, 12:50 am
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Roy Martin -- 12/14/2015, 11:46 am
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Roy Martin -- 12/14/2015, 11:47 am
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 12/14/2015, 12:15 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/16/2015, 3:27 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/15/2015, 12:26 am
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 12/15/2015, 9:02 am
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Etienne Muller -- 12/15/2015, 3:09 pm
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Marc Donnelly -- 12/15/2015, 4:54 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/16/2015, 1:22 am
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 12/16/2015, 7:10 am
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Roy Martin -- 12/16/2015, 2:46 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/16/2015, 3:28 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 12/12/2015, 10:51 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 12/13/2015, 3:24 am
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Marc Donnelly -- 12/13/2015, 6:50 am
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Dan Thaler -- 12/13/2015, 7:39 am