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Re: Europa-List: To Those That Have Sanded Before Me... :)

Subject: Re: Europa-List: To Those That Have Sanded Before Me... :)
From: Fred Klein <fklein@orcasonline.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 12:18:53

Jack,

As I visualize this technique, I take it that the strokes of the 
serrated screed are chordwise (rather than spanwise) in order to 
facilitate the maintaining of the airfoil.

Please confirm.

Fred
A194

> Jack Hilditch wrote:
>
>> Composite racing sailboat builders use a technique that produces a 
>> fair surface, without bumps or valleys, while minimizing weight or 
>> extra filler. They screed the filler/resin mix onto the surface using 
>> a small-toothed, serrated plastic trowel (the same kind used to apply 
>> ceramic tile cement to walls).



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