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Re: Ready for fiberglass
By:Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks
Date: 4/4/2001, 9:06 am
In Response To: Ready for fiberglass (Dave Seales)

The reason I suggested doing it in this order is so you don't drip all over the deck when you are glassing the hull. However, you can also shove a wax paper between the deck and the hull so it hangs down to protect the deck.

The end result is the same either way. Do what you feel comfortable with.

: 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?

Messages In This Thread

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
Re: Ready for fiberglass
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 4/4/2001, 9:06 am
Re: Ready for fiberglass
Rob Macks -- 4/4/2001, 8:56 am