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Ready for fiberglass
By:Dave Seales
Date: 4/4/2001, 7:03 am

I have a stripped, planed, fared and sanded Guillemot in my garage that's ready to be glassed. I'm unsure of what to do next. Nick says in his book to seal coat the deck and take it off so the insides can be scraped and sanded. I've done it by the book so far and it's not let me down but I'm afraid the deck will distort if I do it that way. I was thinking of seal coating the deck...flip it over still on the forms then seal and glass the hull then glass the deck before I take it off the forms. Does that make sense?

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Ready for fiberglass
Dave Seales -- 4/4/2001, 7:03 am
Re: Ready for fiberglass
Ross Leidy -- 4/4/2001, 1:33 pm
Re: Ready for fiberglass
Ed K. -- 4/4/2001, 4:08 pm
Re: Ready for fiberglass
Rob Macks -- 4/4/2001, 5:10 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 4/4/2001, 9:06 am
Re: Ready for fiberglass
Rob Macks -- 4/4/2001, 8:56 am