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Re: Epoxy: Warping
By:JohnAbercrombie
Date: 4/24/2016, 11:21 am
In Response To: Re: Epoxy: Warping (paulteather)

Sounds like a plan. I have some work left on the deck before I join the halves, but will try the sun method when I do.

Epoxy (in my experience) keeps hardening up for about a month, so the sooner you get the halves 'mating' (lined up but not necessarily bonded together), the better.
On my last few builds, I've made a point of not keeping the halves separated for long after having a 'tussle' on one build where I set the hull aside while I worked on the deck.
If you are going to paint the boat, one thing that does work is to epoxy some short bits of strip (sticks) along the perimeter of both deck and hull - like interlocking 'teeth'. Once the hull & deck are bonded together with inside tape/glass, I just grind off the 'teeth'.

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Epoxy: Warping
paulteather -- 4/23/2016, 8:29 am
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TMH -- 4/23/2016, 10:26 am
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paulteather -- 4/23/2016, 11:12 am
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TMH -- 4/23/2016, 2:12 pm
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paulteather -- 4/23/2016, 5:34 pm
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Bob stanley Ten Eyck -- 4/23/2016, 6:50 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 4/23/2016, 7:13 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 4/23/2016, 7:27 pm
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Bob stanley Ten Eyck -- 4/23/2016, 7:57 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 4/23/2016, 8:02 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 4/23/2016, 9:10 pm
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paulteather -- 4/23/2016, 10:21 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 4/23/2016, 11:21 pm
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paulteather -- 4/24/2016, 7:26 am
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 4/24/2016, 7:11 am
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paulteather -- 4/24/2016, 8:53 am
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 4/24/2016, 9:40 am
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paulteather -- 4/24/2016, 9:57 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 4/25/2016, 8:12 am
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Paul T -- 4/25/2016, 8:26 am
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David Bartnowski -- 4/24/2016, 9:45 am
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paulteather -- 4/24/2016, 10:02 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 4/24/2016, 11:21 am
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Jay Babina -- 4/25/2016, 10:28 am
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Paul T -- 4/26/2016, 8:21 am
One last important thing
jaybabina -- 4/26/2016, 4:31 pm
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Paul T -- 4/26/2016, 6:28 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 4/27/2016, 12:32 pm
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Paul T -- 4/28/2016, 6:42 pm