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Re: fiberlassing inside of hull
By:Ed Valley
Date: 8/31/1999, 12:27 pm
In Response To: fiberlassing inside of hull (Tom Davies)

> I put in a layer of fiberglass on the inside of the hull and encountered
> some difficulty getting the glass to lay flat to the wood. I have some
> areas of air bubbles on seams, some air bubbles not on seams and some
> lumps that look whitish. I am frustrated at this point. Does anyone have
> any advice on how to fix these problems. How much of a problem do I have?
> Thanks

Tom:

I finished glassing the inside of my Exp Sgl about a month ago. I too had troubles like you describe. I have only made _one_ kayak, so I don't wish to represent myself as an expert on "how much of a problem" you (and I) have. I will share what I did, though.

The concave surface of the hull (and deck, for that matter) were more difficult around the shearline because gravity tried to pull the glass away from the wood. (bad gravity, down, gravity, DOWN). Anyway, I learned about halfway through the process that if I saw a bubble while I was wetting out the glass, that I had the best luck eliminating the bubble by using an ice pick (or a drywall screw, or a knife point, anything with a really fine point) to ease apart the fibers of the glass to allow the air to escape and the epoxy to flow in. It was important to have enough epoxy in the local area to fill the bubble.

Messages In This Thread

fiberlassing inside of hull
Tom Davies -- 8/30/1999, 9:21 pm
Re: fiberlassing inside of hull
Ed Valley -- 8/31/1999, 12:27 pm
glassing inside of hull -- take two
Ed Valley -- 8/31/1999, 12:40 pm
Re: fiberlassing inside of hull
Dean Trexel -- 8/30/1999, 9:34 pm
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Dave Houser -- 8/31/1999, 2:41 am
Re: glue syringes
Don Beale -- 8/31/1999, 11:20 am