Mark I'm sure know of the problems that Mooney had with pulling the staples out with a tape like strip. The early Mooney's had to have a redo of the wing skin. The skin actually seperated from the ribs both because of the tape and not letting the glue cure completely. Yes I know that epoxy is much better. How ever, Bellanca used the nail tack strips. Never had a problem.
Personally, I'd do the weight on the frame work with just any plywood over some plastic or wax paper. That will eliminate nail removal. Greg Martin . ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Langford" <n5...@hiwaay.net> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 6:51 PM Subject: Re: KR> Staple Size > Jerry Stowers wrote: > > > What is the best size staples to use to skin the boat? > > I don't know about "best", but I used 5/16", and have no complaints. Don't > forget to staple over a nylon cord for easier removal, or even nylon > strapping, I've heard, works well for that purpose too. You don't want to > have to pry those things out with a screwdriver. I found that the nylon > cord only pulls one end up, and then I used pliers to "roll" them the rest > of the way out. > > Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama > N56ML "at" hiwaay.net > see KR2S project at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford > > > > _______________________________________ > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >
