# Stripping Without Staples

**URL:** <https://forum.clcboats.com/t/stripping-without-staples/38765>\
**Category:** Builder's Forum\
**Created:** [July 29, 2011, 12:33pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/stripping-without-staples/38765 "2011-07-29T12:33:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Charlie\_Macaluso1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Charlie\_Macaluso1](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Charlie_Macaluso1)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 12:33pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/stripping-without-staples/38765/1 "2011-07-29T12:33:12Z")

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I have a Shearwater 16 Hybrid and somewhere I read of a jig to use to strip a deck without using staples however I can't seem to find it. &nbsp;Has anyone stripped a deck without staples? &nbsp;Any advice or insight would be greatly appreciated.

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Thanks,

Charlie&nbsp;

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**Author:** ![Daniel\_Thaler](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.clcboats.com/daniel_thaler/32/313_2.png) [@Daniel\_Thaler](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Daniel_Thaler)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 12:53pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/stripping-without-staples/38765/2 "2011-07-29T12:53:01Z")

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I used a whole bunch of these doohickies..

![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Ao2Ko7Nw-CA/TIOuZaNkwSI/AAAAAAAALOQ/x2sifLo-mmA/s576/P9040010.JPG)

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**Author:** ![Eric\_Ogata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bc8723/32.png) [@Eric\_Ogata](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Eric_Ogata)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 1:14pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/stripping-without-staples/38765/3 "2011-07-29T13:14:42Z")

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Here is a link to a post with pictures of pretty "doodads" for clamping strips:

[http://www.blueheronkayaks.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1071&p=10788&hilit=strip+doodads#p10788](http://www.blueheronkayaks.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1071&p=10788&hilit=strip+doodads#p10788)

At one point, a participant of the Blue Heron forum had a large number of these manufactured and was selling them very reasonably priced. But you get the idea, you can make them yourself. These clamps are good for putting sideways pressure to clamp strips to each other, it is also critically important to have a way of exerting downward pressure to insure that the strip is conforming to the forms. So long as you make sure, by whatever means, the strips are clamped to each other, and clamped down to the forms, you should be ok.

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eric

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**Author:** ![Jim\_Meinecke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/77aa72/32.png) [@Jim\_Meinecke](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Jim_Meinecke)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 7:10pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/stripping-without-staples/38765/4 "2011-07-29T19:10:13Z")

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put tape around your forms first ,add a little hot melt glue to the back side&nbsp;of your strip, afte you have fit it&nbsp;and put glue on, to&nbsp;help hold the strips to the forms&nbsp;. Put the U clips on withe spring clamp and away you go

have fun&nbsp;

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**Author:** ![Charlie\_Macaluso1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Charlie\_Macaluso1](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Charlie_Macaluso1)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 12:17pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/stripping-without-staples/38765/5 "2011-07-30T12:17:01Z")

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Thanks, I appreciate the hints and I will give it a try.

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Charlie&nbsp;

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**Author:** ![Charlie\_Macaluso1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Charlie\_Macaluso1](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Charlie_Macaluso1)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 12:19pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/stripping-without-staples/38765/6 "2011-07-30T12:19:20Z")

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If anyone has any other advice, I would appreciate it.

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Charlie&nbsp;