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Old 09-19-2011, 10:00 AM
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How do you taper a single layer of glass?
If something calls for a taper, but you are using only 1 layer of glass, what do you do?
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Old 09-19-2011, 12:14 PM
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I have seen guys shread the edges so it would tapper off at the edges after wetting out other than that grinding or filing the edge off after cured
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You can pull yarns, cut them or just grind them when cured.
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Ah, ok. Thanks, guys. I had been grinding them after they cured when doing lap joints.

Now that I'm doing infusion, I wasn't sure how to deal with the laps. I guess I have no choice but to pull yarns and kind of fray the edge to make the lap.

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