Recent content by Kate Parlee

  1. Kate Parlee

    Refinishing rudder, tiller and daggerboard this weekend

    I've been using the pumps for over forty years as a professional boat builder and never had a problem. ===== "You need a digital scale to get the epoxy mixed correctly. The pumps used in the West System are crude at best. Excess heat is usually caused by too much hardener but ambient temperature...
  2. Kate Parlee

    Refinishing rudder, tiller and daggerboard this weekend

    Oh, boy... Firstly, "I don't think a crack repair with cloth or tape is going to last." It won't if you use polyester, you need to use epoxy. In my experience WEST is the most reliable and controllable, and easily obtainable -- yes you need the pumps. For structural repairs epoxy/cloth is often...

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