HopCar
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- Ellis 28
I'm building a little folding boat that requires me to make some bow shaped hoops by laminating thin strips of wood on a form.
Last week I steamed the strips and bent them onto the form. Now that they are dry, I'll remove them from the form, spread glue on them and clamp them back onto the form for the glue to set.
I was going to use a regular thickened epoxy glue but all the mixing and spreading didn't sound like fun.
Now I'm thinking of using WEST System Six10 epoxy that comes out of a caulking gun. No mixing required. Just run a bead down the wood strip, maybe spread it with a putty knife and clamp it up.
Have any of you guys used this? Is it as easy as WEST makes it look?
Last week I steamed the strips and bent them onto the form. Now that they are dry, I'll remove them from the form, spread glue on them and clamp them back onto the form for the glue to set.
I was going to use a regular thickened epoxy glue but all the mixing and spreading didn't sound like fun.
Now I'm thinking of using WEST System Six10 epoxy that comes out of a caulking gun. No mixing required. Just run a bead down the wood strip, maybe spread it with a putty knife and clamp it up.
Have any of you guys used this? Is it as easy as WEST makes it look?