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From: KRnet [mailto:krnet-bounces at list.krnet.org] On Behalf Of Dan Heath via
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Sent: Sunday, 19 October 2014 9:09 AM
To: 'KRnet'
Subject: Re: KR> Glassing The Boat
I have always called it deck cl
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From: KRnet [mailto:krnet-bounces at list.krnet.org] On Behalf Of Mike T via
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Sent: Saturday, 18 October 2014 5:59 PM
To: Dan Prichard; KRnet
Subject: Re: KR> Glassing The Boat
Take a look at Tony Bingelis's bookssnip
I have always called it deck cloth and use it over all my glass surfaces.
My Panther Building Documentation at PantherBuilder Web Site
Daniel R. Heath -?Lexington, SC
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Yep. I think that's known as finishing tissue, it's not a cloth or a weave
and you could hardly call
Take a look at Tony Bingelis's books. In one of them (either the
Sportplane Builder or Sportplane Construction Techniques), he discusses
protecting wooden planes with an extremely light fiberglass that winds up
hardly heavier than several coats of paint.
Mike Taglieri
On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at
One thing to consider if you glass the boat (and perhaps even if you
don't)...round the corners of the bottom of the "boat" with a sanding
block, router with round-over bit, or palm sander before you glass it.
Then run the glass so it will follow the fuselage contour from sides to
bottom and
One way to help decide is to take two identical sized pieces of scrap plywood.
Fill one with whatever filler and the other with the deck cloth and epoxy.
Then weigh. I covered my fuselage ply and wing/tail skins with deck cloth. I
used a heat gun or hair dryer to help soak up the resin. A
At 08:01 AM 10/15/2014, you wrote:
>On the outer wing for example, the deck cloth is 50 inches wide so
>it takes maybe 1.5 yards to do one surface (2.1 oz). Add maybe 1.5
>ounces of resin per yard and that is only 14.4 ounces to seal the KR
>cloth on both outer wing panels.
>Anyone out there have an opinion on glassing the fuselage other than the 2"
>lap recommended @ fillets & turtle deck attachment or just a coat of varnish
>and paint?
>Dan Prichard
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Everyone has an opinion. Mine is yes, use the
: KR>
Glassing The Boat
Anyone out there have an opinion on glassing the fuselage other than the
2"
lap recommended @ fillets & turtle deck attachment or just a coat of varnish
and paint?
Please just an opinion. No math, my head hurts. Building wing tanks
(vinyl-ester resin s
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