![]() If its that easy then why am I unable to go ahead and tape the seams on my boat today? I finished the epoxying and fillets last night mate. A mind that has already decided that its unworkable will hardly recognize the possibilities. There are other ways to handle the stuff. "I will have to make tight non slip knot"? I dont even try to knot it when fishing with it mate. The stuff lasts forever otherwise, not much there that can chemically damage it. The amount of heat needed to damage it way more then environmental factors and ambient can dish out. True it doesnt bond with most adhesives but how is that a limitation? Extremely fine diameter woven thread for its strength, in the common packaged form.45mm is usually more then 100lb test GSP is gelspun polyethylene for those that dont know. Your proposal is even worse since you have one "tow" of fiber every cm where the cloth has ~6-10 per cm - a big loss of strength by its self.Ĭan a closed mind entertain a wild concept :/ Nothing that only has the separation of the thickness of the plywood can come close to the strength. The separation is caused by the epoxy fillet. The strength in the joint comes from the separation of the inside and outside layer of fabric. I have killed most of my "new, good ideas" by this method and have been very happy I did. You will find the typical stitched and taped method to be good. ![]() Nothing beats trying to make a test piece to sort out "new ideas". Bend them as much as you can and weight them - decide if it is strong enough and worth the effort for the weight. One with stitches and tape and one with the GSP stitches. Or make your self a test piece - 6 foot long, in the shape of a minature outrigger. Build your first boat in a manner that has been proven.Įxperiment with something radical later (probably been done before anyway, but died) ![]()
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