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fiberglass lay up question
By:Richard Boyle
Date: 3/16/2001, 11:42 pm

I started fiberglassing the hull of my guillemot today, and now have it seal coated and the fiberglass wet out. I used the foam roller method described by Rob Macks and George Roberts in recent posts, and all is going well. The only problem was mixing up too big of a batch of fast hardener epoxy for the seal coat and it started to set up before I could squeegee it completely. Oh well, lesson learned.
Any way, what I am wondering about is this. Instead of putting an abrasion patch below the waterline, a bias strip on the stems, and then seam tape when I join the hull and deck, why can't I just put a complete second layer of fiberglass over the entire hull and overlap the hull/deck joint by an inch when they are joined? Seems like it might look better and be less work than feathering all those edges.

Messages In This Thread

fiberglass lay up question
Richard Boyle -- 3/16/2001, 11:42 pm
Re: fiberglass lay up question
Angela Watson -- 3/17/2001, 8:48 pm
Re: fiberglass lay up question revisited again
Spidey -- 3/17/2001, 7:59 pm
Re: fiberglass lay up question revisited again
Richard Boyle -- 3/17/2001, 9:22 pm
Re: fiberglass lay up question revisited again
Spidey -- 3/17/2001, 11:02 pm
Re: fiberglass lay up question
Richard Boyle -- 3/17/2001, 2:33 pm
solid fiberglass abrasion patch
Vaclav Stejskal (One Ocean Kayaks) -- 3/17/2001, 1:33 pm