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Re: S&G: Do you glass your wood coamings?
By:JayBabina
Date: 6/10/2017, 9:00 am
In Response To: S&G: Do you glass your wood coamings? (JohnAbercrombie)

John if you're suggesting to glass the llp, I would suggest you help them with that. Wrapping glass around a coaming lip is probably the most challenging glassing chore there is. I did it once on a plywood llp and its an annoying chore to say the least. I'm not convinced that anything is gained over a few coats of epoxy. (we're talking about a plywood stacked coaming and lip). Most of my boats have the "Shade" upright pieces coaming or bent wood risers with bent wood lips. I glass the riser but just epoxy coat the lips. I did have one de-lam on the edge of a plywood coaming and I filled the de-lam with eopxy and clamped it. I think paying attention to maintenance is what is needed checking edges etc. which I don't do until it really needs it.

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S&G: Do you glass your wood coamings?
JohnAbercrombie -- 6/9/2017, 3:04 pm
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Les Cheeseman -- 6/9/2017, 5:01 pm
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scottbaxter -- 6/9/2017, 5:05 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 6/9/2017, 7:32 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 6/9/2017, 9:00 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 6/10/2017, 12:39 am
Re: S&G: Do you glass your wood coamings? *PIC*
Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 6/10/2017, 8:46 am
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Etienne Muller -- 6/11/2017, 5:21 am
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bsoderholm -- 6/27/2017, 12:06 am
Carbon Fiber on Plywood Coamings
Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 6/27/2017, 9:17 am
Re: Carbon Fiber on Plywood Coamings
bsoderholm -- 6/27/2017, 9:45 am
Re: Carbon Fiber on Plywood Coamings
JohnAbercrombie -- 6/27/2017, 11:12 am
Re: Carbon Fiber on Plywood Coamings *PIC*
JohnAbercrombie -- 6/27/2017, 11:47 am
Re: Carbon Fiber on Plywood Coamings
JayBabina -- 6/27/2017, 1:06 pm
Re: Carbon Fiber on Plywood Coamings
scottbaxter -- 6/27/2017, 1:55 pm
Re: Carbon Fiber on Plywood Coamings
Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 6/27/2017, 3:05 pm
Re: Carbon Fiber on Plywood Coamings
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 6/27/2017, 1:47 pm
Re: Carbon Fiber on Plywood Coamings
Bill Hamm -- 6/29/2017, 1:49 am
Re: Carbon Fiber on Plywood Coamings
Bill Hamm -- 6/29/2017, 2:13 am
Re: Carbon Fiber on Plywood Coamings
JohnAbercrombie -- 6/29/2017, 9:53 am
Re: Carbon Fiber on Plywood Coamings
scottbaxter -- 6/29/2017, 11:31 am
Re: S&G: Do you glass your wood coamings?
JayBabina -- 6/10/2017, 9:00 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 6/10/2017, 11:41 am
Re: S&G: Do you glass your wood coamings?
Bill Hamm -- 6/10/2017, 8:33 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 6/10/2017, 10:59 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 6/11/2017, 5:42 am
Re: S&G: Do you glass your wood coamings?
JohnAbercrombie -- 6/11/2017, 12:17 pm
Re: S&G: Do you glass your wood coamings?
Bill Hamm -- 6/11/2017, 8:52 pm
Re: S&G: Do you glass your wood coamings?
bsoderholm -- 6/12/2017, 4:59 pm
Re: S&G: Do you glass your wood coamings?
Bill Hamm -- 6/15/2017, 1:27 am
Re: S&G: Do you glass your wood coamings?
JohnAbercrombie -- 6/15/2017, 10:36 am
Re: S&G: Do you glass your wood coamings?
bsoderholm -- 6/16/2017, 9:05 am
Re: S&G: Do you glass your coaming-now toggles
JohnAbercrombie -- 6/16/2017, 11:21 am