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> Hi everybody,
> Just planning and costing !
> First thanks for all your comments on "how strong is strong ennough
> ?". Your responses conviced me that polyester is not the way to go.
> Plus, my wife did not appreciate the smell of styrene in the house. I have
> used only 6 onces of polyester resine for my tests and I did that in the
> garage. Imagine what my wife's reaction will be if I cover a whole kayak
> with this stuff!!
> I am thinking of buying 7yrds of 60" 10oz fiberglass cloth to make
> strips of 3" wide to use as tape. This will save me about 20 can$ per
> 50 yrds. For cutting the strips I am thinking of tightly rolling the cloth
> and then sawing (or cutting) the strips (like you cut salami. What are the
> pros and cons. I am looking forward to hear from you!
> Ben-B
HI Ben
Well, the only way you could "possibly" cut that stuff will a power saw blade is if it were compacted down and immobilized. It's just too flexible for an open toothed blade to cut, and you would end up with a mess tangled in your blade. If you still insist on going the wide material and cutting it, and too save bucks, I would too,but, just find yourself a good sharp set of shears and mark the cloth and cut it to strips. Will take longer( than cleaning it out of your blade ?? ) but, what else are you doing with your spare time right now?? Oh, and by the way, if the mrs. objected to the oder, then I wouldn't recomend using those scissors you have your eye on right about now. You'll be living out in the garage for a while. Get a big cheap pair at the hardware store and I'm sure that will do the trick.
Hope that helps
Rehd
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