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Applying the stitches

There are at least two methods of applying the stitches we've just made: one is easy and the other is hard. Each has advantages and disadvantages. CubMan likes the second one best. Either way, here's a picture that describes what we ultimately want:

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  1. This was how he did it the first time. Pull one stitch strip off the plastic sheet on the board. You will now hold a 3/16'' wide strip that will have the fishing line every 1/2'' for the length of the tape. Apply this over the rib to be stitched. Start at one end and work the tape on the covering. Do not pull tight, you want the tape to come up off the covering and around the string and back down on the other side (see figure above). If the tape is pulled tight on the stitch it will not look good. After an area of stitch strips is applied, brush a coat of 50% thinned Nitrate Dope on each strip. As the dope dries, roll the stitch strips a few times with the roller. Now apply the Curad tape over the stitches in the same way - do not pull tight. After a few stitch strips are applied, brush a coat of 50% thinned Nitrate Dope on top.

    OR...

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  2. Take a 1'' by 18'' strip of clear plastic and apply a strip of masking tape to one side 5/32'' in from the edge. This is a guide that will be used to make the strips. Take a strip of Curad tape a little longer than needed and applies the stick side down against the masking tape. 5/32'' of the tape will be on the plastic and the rest will hang over the edge. Now flip this sheet over so that the sticky side of the tape is facing up. Now pull a 3/16'' stitch strip off and apply stick side down on top of the stick side of the pinked taped. Do not let one end of the stitch strip come in contact with the pinked tape. Now using a toothpick, start slowly pulling the thin paper tape back over itself at an angle and transfer the stitch to the pinked tape. Do this slowly, as a stitch come up use the toothpick to hold the stitch down to the pinked tape as it separates from the paper tape. Now apply the Curad tape over the stitches in the same way - do not pull tight. After a few stitch strips are applied, brush a coat of 50% thinned Nitrate Dope on top.


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Craig Kulesa
Fri Dec 1 16:52:14 MST 2000