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Title: Repairing open bay
Post by: James Mills on July 06, 2008, 10:46:27 PM

I am sanding out a coat of primer and managed to cut through an edge and opened up a bay (covered with polyspan).  Should I cover that bay with silkspan to repair since it is just one bay or use poly again shrink with heat gun?

Thanks,

James

Title: Re: Repairing open bay
Post by: Patrick Rowan on July 06, 2008, 10:53:07 PM

When this happened to me I used silkspan for the patch.

Title: Re: Repairing open bay
Post by: Bootlegger on July 07, 2008, 08:33:30 AM

 :!  A pal put me onto a way to help hide silkspan patches some time ago, I tried it and it works well. Instead of cutting your 'span tear ir on all 4 sides, wet and stick down, then some dope on the edges, let dry and finish.
 It will be hard to spot the patch with when finished as the torn edges feather in with the original finish.  Good luck... D>K

Title: Re: Repairing open bay
Post by: Randy Powell on July 07, 2008, 11:37:55 AM

I do that with all silkspan. Tear the edges, that is. As Gil notes, it makes them disappear.