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fillets over varnish
by arnie on Fri Aug 31, 2012 2:05 pm
is it okay to fillet over varnish? will it work? will the fillets not be as strong?
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Re: fillets over varnish
by kilderkin on Tue Sep 04, 2012 10:12 am
Merely my opinion - the strength will be determined by the weaker of the bond between the wood to the varnish, and the varnish to the fillet, thus extremely weak. I would sand through the varnish to the wood, nice fillet, re-varnish.
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Re: fillets over varnish
by Dave Archer on Fri Sep 07, 2012 12:09 am
I agree with Kinderkin here. Rather safer than sorry. There is a lot of reliance of the integrity of the fillets for strength. After all there are precious few fasteners in this boat.
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Re: fillets over varnish
by Diving Duck on Wed Oct 24, 2012 11:51 am
When you think about it, that would be similar to using varnish to glue a stringer in place. I don't think that would hold very well.
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