I agree that staples are the thing to use. You've got to have a good bond and weights will distort and twist the structure. In the '70's someone mailed in an article to the news letter about a method of removing staples. Have a pattern drawn on the belly skin on both sides. one is the glue area (inside) and the outside is the staple guide. Get some plastic band strap material, used for fastening boxes to pallets, and tape it over the staple guide lines. Metal won't do. When shooting staples you go through the band strap and then through the skin. The next day when the glue has dried just pull on one end of the band strap to lift the staples. I didn't use this method myself because at the time I hadn't thought of it. It really isn't that much work to use a chisel to lift the staple up and grab it with a pair of pliers. I filled the indentions with plastic wood that I bought at the hardware store.
-Joe > Hello, netters; > > I have made a search first but did not get an answer. > > I will be installing my belly skin this weekend and wonder. Should I use > staples or weights? I have enough jugs filled with water to cover the > entire skin. I don't know if this would distort, twist, or even create a > good contact. Sure would be nice not to have to remove those staples.
