Re: Stus-List Keel/Hull join

2012-10-19 Thread Jim Watts
Well, that's as close as possible to "glass mat cloth", so you're off the hook. That mat is stitched to a biaxial cloth, so there is no binder in the mat. I stand somewhat corrected. On 19 October 2012 16:18, Robert Abbott wrote: > Wally et al: > > You are way over my head from a technical viewp

Stus-List Keel/Hull join

2012-10-19 Thread Robert Abbott
Wally et al: You are way over my head from a technical viewpoint on the term I used 'glass mat cloth'. The material I used to wrap my keel keel joint was this stuff and because it said it was compatible with 'resin':...so I soaked it in West System Resin. http://www.tapplastics.com/product/

Re: Stus-List Keel/Hull join

2012-10-19 Thread Dennis C.
For a hull/keel joint, I'd use 2-3 overlapping layers of 4" bi-axial glass tape. Dennis C. > > From: Jim Watts >To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com >Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 9:35 AM >Subject: Re: Stus-List Keel/Hull join > > >J

Re: Stus-List Keel/Hull join

2012-10-19 Thread Wally Bryant
you wrote: Just for clarification, there is no such thing as "glass mat cloth". Maybe he was referring to Knytex X-Cloth. I seem to recall that the mat that's sewn into the fabric isn't styrene bonded, but can't verify that on-line at the moment. Wal _

Stus-List Keel/Hull join

2012-10-18 Thread Robert Abbott
Our boat was trucked from Racine, Wisconsin, a long ride and you have to assume there is going to be some movement re the keel and hull. Upon arrival, as expected, there was the usual keel joint crack along the front 2/3rd.had the keel bolts torqued which closed the gap then I took the ang