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Strip: glassing the inside hull
By:risto
Date: 10/6/2008, 4:24 pm

Many comment that the most un-loved task in strip building is the glassing of the inside of the hull. Air bubbles, epoxy pooling...

About the air bubbles; do they only appear if the outside has already been glassed? If one were to glass the outside last, would they appear there?

Does applying a seal coat of epoxy (no glass) fix the air bubbles problem? One might think that bubbles in this seal coat could easily be sanded away?

Epoxy pooling under the glass = gravity working against us? Could one avoid this by first only glassing a narrow path down the middle of the hull bow to stern or part ways, with a minimum of epoxy. And then turning the boat 90 degrees on first one and then the other side, glassing both sides separately?

Could one thus trick gravity and get her to work for not against us?

greetings,

risto

yes, i'll be coming to this task some time down the line...

Messages In This Thread

Strip: glassing the inside hull
risto -- 10/6/2008, 4:24 pm
Re: Strip: glassing the inside hull
Bill Hamm -- 10/7/2008, 12:57 am
Re: Strip: glassing the inside hull
risto -- 10/7/2008, 1:11 am
Re: Strip: glassing the inside hull
Bill Hamm -- 10/8/2008, 1:35 am
Re: Strip: glassing the inside hull
Bill Hamm -- 10/8/2008, 1:29 am
Re: Strip: glassing the inside hull
Clayton Plunkett -- 10/7/2008, 3:39 am
Re: Strip: glassing the inside hull
Clayton Plunkett -- 10/6/2008, 7:24 pm