> I'd guess that the cloth will fall off, although I've never had to epoxy
> upside down while building a kayak. Does Wooden Boat magazine have a BBS
> that caters to builders of larger boats? If so I'm sure that they have
> encountered this problem before as it's much tougher to flip over a 30ft.
> sailboat than a 17ft kayak.

> I also suspect that the weight of the cloth might play a role. A very
> light cloth that didn't require a lot of epoxy to wet-out might stick,
> whereas a heavy cloth might not. The saturated cloth is the weight that is
> pulling off the surface. The tensile strength of the uncured epoxy is what
> is holding it on.

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