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Glenn Ashmore
 
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Default Drywall screws to hold strip planking



Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 03 May 2004 22:28:47 -0400, Glenn Ashmore
wrote:

Depends on the size of the project. Staples are OK for a canoe or
dinghy but my strips were 1.125" thick. Staples would not have worked.



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With stips that thick, at what point are you able to remove the
screws?


I pulled them as soon as the planking was finished so I would not grind
into the heads while doing the rough fairing.

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