REFLECTOR: Getting ready to close out strakes

[Gattenby]

I the the "balls of clay thing". Using play dough. It helped with the final sanding and fitting of the baffles

Noel




On Apr 6, 2012, at 11:14 AM, "David Ullman" <ullman at robustdecisions.com> wrote:

> Before closing out the strakes, try this.  Put duct tape on the strakes and
> the surface, where ever contact is to be made.  Then take marble sized balls
> of soft clay and place them every 6 inches on all critical (outside) strakes
> (I did all strakes).  Then do a dry run of mating, taping and weighting.
> This accomplishes two things: First it is a dry run.  Second, measure the
> thickness of the clay when you take the surface back off and you know the
> thickness of the adhesive.  If a ball doesn't squish at all, then you will
> have a leak.  I tried to make all the thickness near the same without being
> anal by building up the strake at low points. 
> 
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