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- Thu Feb 03, 2005 7:38 pm
- Forum: Builders' Forum
- Topic: Oiling trim
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4577
Tung oil, or better yet, a tung oil based product like Watco Oil doesn't eventually turn black the way linseed oil often does. It also keeps water out better. Deks Olje #1 is also excellent and gives a better initial buildup than the others for more protection while the boat is still fairly new. The...
- Thu Feb 03, 2005 5:08 pm
- Forum: Builders' Forum
- Topic: Some Blisters in the epoxy coat - what to do
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4389
- Thu Feb 03, 2005 12:16 pm
- Forum: Builders' Forum
- Topic: A few newbie questions on epoxy layup step.
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8505
I'll go with Rod on this one. I can't think of a better way to screw up a perfectly good glassing job than to sand green, unfilled fiberglass and I don't care what Ted does. There shouldn't be any hills or valleys there that need sanding and even if there were, they should be small enough that the f...
- Thu Feb 03, 2005 11:56 am
- Forum: Builders' Forum
- Topic: A few newbie questions on epoxy layup step.
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8505
- Tue Feb 01, 2005 9:39 pm
- Forum: Builders' Forum
- Topic: deck wood
- Replies: 20
- Views: 9594
- Tue Feb 01, 2005 3:39 am
- Forum: Builders' Forum
- Topic: deck wood
- Replies: 20
- Views: 9594
- Sun Jan 30, 2005 4:51 pm
- Forum: Builders' Forum
- Topic: deck wood
- Replies: 20
- Views: 9594
- Fri Jan 28, 2005 2:50 pm
- Forum: Builders' Forum
- Topic: Fiberglass selection
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8060
For hand layup, like we do on strippers, multiple layers of 3.2 oz. cloth make it possible to get a higher glassfiber-to-resin ratio, which translates almost directly to higher impact strength and more of it for a given laminate weight. Along with this, it's can also produce more trapped bubbles bet...
- Fri Jan 28, 2005 11:29 am
- Forum: Builders' Forum
- Topic: Question for the experts
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4176
The inner glass is not likely to lock the boat into it's designed shape either, so don't throw away those spreader sticks. Installation of the gunwales (straight stock forced into a curve) will also want to narrow the boat at the sheer. This is perfectly normal and things won't be locked in place un...
- Fri Jan 28, 2005 3:05 am
- Forum: Builders' Forum
- Topic: Ke Kalakupua Damage Pics
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4484
I wouldn't waste too much time trying to find out what exactly happened to the boat because the chances of getting a straight answer are very poor. You will likely never get to talk to anyone who knows the real story or even anyone who knows anyone who knows the real story. Back when I was a dealer ...
- Fri Jan 28, 2005 2:34 am
- Forum: Builders' Forum
- Topic: Question for the experts
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4176
While pulling the stemheads together may flare the midship sheerline width back to what it was, I have my doubts about it bringing the rest of the hull accurately back to where it's supposed to be. If you pick up an un-gunwaled, lightweight hull from some materials by the ends, the boat will actuall...
- Thu Jan 27, 2005 7:03 pm
- Forum: Builders' Forum
- Topic: Fiberglass selection
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8060
- Tue Jan 25, 2005 7:11 pm
- Forum: Builders' Forum
- Topic: Vertical seams
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4307
On first glance, I think most of us tend to ponder the idea of vertical strips as if the likely outcome might be the boat breaking in half and the bow floating away while we sit dumbfounded in the stern. In reality, it may not actually be the case or anything to get overly concerned about. To a pret...
- Mon Jan 24, 2005 1:02 pm
- Forum: Builders' Forum
- Topic: Best method to attach gunnels?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8828
John's post about water intrusion with screwed-on gunwales brings up an interesting point. Canoe builders (including most of the major manufacturers of traditional wood/canvas canoes) have been screwing bare wooden gunwales to hulls and then varnishing over the tops for better than 100 years. They h...
- Sun Jan 23, 2005 4:03 pm
- Forum: Builders' Forum
- Topic: Best method to attach gunnels?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8828