Comments on: “Nereida” Njord: Adding a Day Hatch http://clearstreamwood.com/WordPress/projects/200709gmm_nereida/nereida-njord-adding-a-day-hatch Wooden Sea Kayaks, Canoes & Heritage Quality Fine Furniture Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:28:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dan (CSFW) http://clearstreamwood.com/WordPress/projects/200709gmm_nereida/nereida-njord-adding-a-day-hatch/comment-page-1#comment-922 Dan (CSFW) Sat, 12 Apr 2008 20:03:23 +0000 http://clearstreamwood.com/WordPress/?p=362#comment-922 Hi Steinar, I'm glad you're enjoying the build. The deck plates I used were cast in good-olde, black ABS plastic. Most of them are ABS. Beckson does make poly (that keeps it simple ;))ones which are difficult to bond. With ABS you just rough up the surface and epoxy it on. It sticks just fine... I'll be building a second Njord this Spring which will be using rubber VCP or KayakSport hatches. THAT'll be a bit different... Dan Hi Steinar,

I’m glad you’re enjoying the build.

The deck plates I used were cast in good-olde, black ABS plastic. Most of them are ABS. Beckson does make poly (that keeps it simple ;) )ones which are difficult to bond. With ABS you just rough up the surface and epoxy it on. It sticks just fine…

I’ll be building a second Njord this Spring which will be using rubber VCP or KayakSport hatches. THAT’ll be a bit different…

Dan

]]> By: Steinar http://clearstreamwood.com/WordPress/projects/200709gmm_nereida/nereida-njord-adding-a-day-hatch/comment-page-1#comment-921 Steinar Sat, 12 Apr 2008 17:54:18 +0000 http://clearstreamwood.com/WordPress/?p=362#comment-921 HI again, seems like I mistyped the plastic type, I believe it should be Polypropylene, not Polyethylene... HI again,

seems like I mistyped the plastic type, I believe it should be Polypropylene, not Polyethylene…

]]> By: Steinar http://clearstreamwood.com/WordPress/projects/200709gmm_nereida/nereida-njord-adding-a-day-hatch/comment-page-1#comment-920 Steinar Sat, 12 Apr 2008 17:46:47 +0000 http://clearstreamwood.com/WordPress/?p=362#comment-920 Hi, This is really a fantastic boat you are building! I have a question regarding the Beckson day hatch; Have you used any kind of primer etc. before gluing with epoxy? The Beckson deck plates are made of polyethylene which is very hard to glue. I'm planning to do pretty much the same as you have done on the Njord I'm currently building, but as far as I have found, some special glue is required to bond polyethylene to other materials? What is your experience with this? Hi,

This is really a fantastic boat you are building!

I have a question regarding the Beckson day hatch; Have you used any kind of primer etc. before gluing with epoxy? The Beckson deck plates are made of polyethylene which is very hard to glue. I’m planning to do pretty much the same as you have done on the Njord I’m currently building, but as far as I have found, some special glue is required to bond polyethylene to other materials? What is your experience with this?

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