Original Posted By: John Weikel
I boiled my capstrip ends for only 10 minuets. Not long enough tosaturate wood. I think the heat does as much good as the steam. Aftertaking them from water,I dried them with a towel and had them in mybending jig in less than a minuet. (3 at a time) After 24 hours the bendtook and they were ready for the rib jig. I think it's important for theribs to be dry and "set" when you build them to eliminate spring back.As opposed to placing them in rib jig directly out of steamer. Then youeither wait until they dry, or build your rib while wood is still wet.I'm sure if you tested your bent (and dry) capstrips moisture contentwould be slightly elevated, but they glued up fine with Aeropoxy LeonStefan..________________________________________________________________________________