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Re: Fiberglass time
By:Ed Valley
Date: 6/30/1999, 1:33 pm
In Response To: Re: Fiberglass time (Greg Steeves)

> ...glass on the bottom, next time I would bring the second layer to shearline
> to eliminate the extra fairing work.

Do you mean the shear where the hull and deck meet or the chine where the hull curves from the bottom to the side?

> Be careful of forcing airbubbles into the weave, they aren't real visible
> until you get it out in the sunlight.

What tool or method forces the air into the weave in the first place? I have experienced (a little) that the roller, used without too much pressure, chases the bubbles out not in. I will also be careful to discard scraped wet bubble-filled epoxy.

Ed Valley

Messages In This Thread

Fiberglass time
Ed Valley -- 6/29/1999, 5:18 pm
Re: Fiberglass time
Dan Heyduk -- 6/30/1999, 11:26 am
Re: Fiberglass time
Hank -- 6/30/1999, 9:31 am
Re: Fiberglass time
Greg Steeves -- 6/29/1999, 10:58 pm
Re: Fiberglass time
Ed Valley -- 6/30/1999, 1:33 pm
Re: double layer
Jim Eisenmenger -- 6/30/1999, 7:28 am
Re: double layer
Greg Steeves -- 7/1/1999, 5:12 pm