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Re: Fiberglassing - general discussion
By:Mark Mattoon
Date: 8/6/1999, 8:20 pm
In Response To: Fiberglassing - general discussion (Hank)

I'm working on my first boat, and learning as I go. I did the inside of my West River 180 first, so at least the worst is on the inside! I should have been more aggresive in cutting out wrinkles after the first coat. The outside is looking better. I sanded to 220, but got "fuzzing" when I tried to wash the dust off. Ended up wet sanding to 320 to get rid of the fuzzing. Took a suggestion off this board, and layed the cloth out on the hull, brushed it out with a clean paint brush, then let it sit for a day before starting in with epoxy. By the way, MAS epoxy says no acetone in capital letters! I rolled on the initial and subsequent coats very thin, then tipped the bubbles out. I've put on 6 coats so far. How thin? I can coat the boat with 1 pump now. most coats were less than 2 pumps to cover the whole boat. How thick is it supposed to be when it's done? I figure I'd like to have the cloth completely covered (filled) to avoid sanding into it later. maybe 2 more coats. The outside of the hull is looking great. No drips, one small wrinkle, and very few bubbles. Don't want to screw it up now! TIA, Mark

Messages In This Thread

Fiberglassing - general discussion
Hank -- 8/6/1999, 11:44 am
Re: Fiberglassing - general discussion
Doug K. -- 8/9/1999, 4:44 pm
Re: Fiberglassing - general discussion
Mark Mattoon -- 8/6/1999, 8:20 pm
Re: Fiberglassing - general discussion
Tig -- 8/8/1999, 3:10 am