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Old 02-19-2020, 04:13 PM   #51 (permalink)
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aluminum tape

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Originally Posted by aardvarcus View Post
Freebeard,

Using the aluminum tape is a great idea! I had been contemplating riveting some metal to the shell and fiberglassing over it, but the tape would work even better.

Really it should be ok even if the tape only was acting like a form, as once the fiberglass set up it should be rigid. I will try to give that a go this weekend.
If you ever need to consider a release mechanism when laying up,the tape can also be triple-waxed, and fogged with polyvinyl acetate,providing good release.I've used it on concrete tooling.

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