Comments on: Kayak Construction, more joining http://blog.xcski.com/2008/05/26/kayak-construction-more-joining Everything I used to bore people on newsgroups and mailing lists with, now in one inconvenient place. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:55:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Bill http://blog.xcski.com/2008/05/26/kayak-construction-more-joining#comment-92216 Bill Wed, 28 May 2008 03:01:03 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/?p=1359#comment-92216 My first glassing jobs looked pretty awful; tons of wrinkles, voids, and loose threads. You seem to be getting the hang of it. By the time you're done, the joints will look perfect. One controversial tip is to hit the wood with a quick spray of 3M 77 adhesive and stick the cloth/tape down with that prior to applying the epoxy. Supposedly makes it easier to get the resin on without wrinkling the cloth. It's controversial because some insist that the surfaces won't absorb the resin properly in the presence of the adhesive, other guys say the resin wets out the materials just fine and the adhesive doesn't cause any problems. I've never tried it, but I thought I'd let you know. Norm would be finished the "assembaly" by now and would be troweling on the dark stain... My first glassing jobs looked pretty awful; tons of wrinkles, voids, and loose threads. You seem to be getting the hang of it. By the time you’re done, the joints will look perfect. One controversial tip is to hit the wood with a quick spray of 3M 77 adhesive and stick the cloth/tape down with that prior to applying the epoxy. Supposedly makes it easier to get the resin on without wrinkling the cloth. It’s controversial because some insist that the surfaces won’t absorb the resin properly in the presence of the adhesive, other guys say the resin wets out the materials just fine and the adhesive doesn’t cause any problems. I’ve never tried it, but I thought I’d let you know.

Norm would be finished the “assembaly” by now and would be troweling on the dark stain…

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