Wednesday, August 12, 2020

Plywood Joined with a Butt Joint


I joined together the two plywood panels:

Next Step

Tomorrow after the epoxy in the joint cures I will sand it and add another coat

Fiberglass Butt Joint Procedure by Dave Carnell:

I have gone to laying polyethylene film on a smooth surface, laying the wetted out fiberglass tape (I use cloth to avoid the selvage) on that, epoxy coating the face of the plywood that goes against that, laying the plywood on the wet tape, filling any least void between the plywood edges with thickened epoxy (this is critical, as any voids between the butting plywood edges can make the joint weak), epoxy coating the upper plywood joint surface, laying on fiberglass and wetting it out, covering with poly film, laying on a smooth board, and weighting the assembly with concrete blocks. 

www.simplicityboats.com/epoxyknowhowcarnel.htm

                                                                                

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