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to do with eliminating rework on the feature stripe on the lower sides of
boats. e process for putting the stripe on the boat involved taping o
the stripe shape in the mold, spraying gelcoat, pulling the tape o not too
soon or you got smudges, and not too late or you got tears because the gel
had begun to catalyze. e type of tape used (glue residue) and touch-up
procedures, along with some other variables, came into play.
is eort produced numerous awesome process improvements that
improved quality, and reduced rework and unnecessary processing.
Again, the thing that fascinated me the most was that these sol ...