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Author Topic: sock monkey leading edge repair  (Read 5053 times)

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sock monkey leading edge repair
« on: March 01, 2014, 06:06:37 PM »
I started repair on the sock monkey here are a few pictures of the ply glue on.

Ed L.

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Re: sock monkey leading edge repair
« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2014, 06:30:00 PM »
Ed:
Thanks for the progress show & tell... Question, have you had any encounters with the plywood developing dimples?
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Re: sock monkey leading edge repair
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2014, 11:14:54 AM »
Question, have you had any encounters with the plywood developing dimples?

Not yet, I do live in a very humid place My ply is probably at max water absorption when it it glued on.  My theory is that the wood drys and shrinks and gets tighter, as it gets high humidity again it goes back to the state is was glued on.  

We'll see if the patch stays undimpled.

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Re: sock monkey leading edge repair
« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2014, 11:51:40 AM »
Interesting - pls keep the rebuild Photos coming !

Are you going Latex paint?

 

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