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Re: Material: fiberglass seam tape

By:Bill Hamm
Date: 12/15/2015, 12:26 am

Hi Roy,

The only problem with biax tape is only half of the fibers are working for you, the rest are parallel to the seam and do nothing.

Same problem with woven tape.

Tape cut on a bias has all the fibers working for you.

Bill H.

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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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

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