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> I've just about finished stripping a Great Auk and will be glassing soon.
> I left the cove and bead on the strips at the shear. Will this cause a
> problem when I glass the two halves? I'm thinking if I glass all the way
> to that strip the cove and the bead will get covered with resin. I thought
> I could glass about one inch away from the shear then later cover it when
> taping. I'm planning on covering the outside with 4oz. and the in with 6
> oz. Should I use 4oz or 6oz tape?
Gary, I would not recommend leaving the cove and bead at the shear. It's tuff enough to get the joint to line up after glassing with a butt joint. My experience with mating the shear tells me no way I could mate a cove and bead and have a clean joint. Block plane them to match. I used 6 oz. glass cut to 2" wide on the outside shear of my Guillemot and bought 2" wide and 1" wide, 9 oz. tape for the inside. I don't know if you can get tape less than 9 oz. precut. Newfound Woodworks recommended That I cut my own tape for the outside from the 6 oz. material I used for the whole boat. I Talked with someone at the rendezvous that used 9 oz tape on the outside who said he would not use it again as it was hard to keep it from showing.
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Guillemot Kayak - High
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