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Postby PugetSoundKiter » Fri Nov 18, 2022 6:40 am
edt wrote: ↑Fri Nov 18, 2022 2:15 am
I went back and sealed all the seams front and back. It takes forever but it's worth it.
I was wondering about the time spent with this method. Thinned silicone with a small paint roller is pretty quick, penetrates well and can be repeated for a thicker seal as many times as you want.
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Postby edt » Fri Nov 18, 2022 7:22 pm
PugetSoundKiter wrote: ↑Fri Nov 18, 2022 6:40 am
edt wrote: ↑Fri Nov 18, 2022 2:15 am
I went back and sealed all the seams front and back. It takes forever but it's worth it.
I was wondering about the time spent with this method. Thinned silicone with a small paint roller is pretty quick, penetrates well and can be repeated for a thicker seal as many times as you want.
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took me 6 hours to do the front and back compared to about 2 hours painting the entire skin the problem is you have all this extra weight on the kite that isn't doing anything, since what you really want is to plug up those thread holes. I think it's worth it, as you have to repeat painting the entire kite so many times, since the thin coat over the entire doesn't last very long and those holes come open again.
Ideally now that I have a pressure tester I can quantify all these things, but that's for later.
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