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Strip: First build progress
By:MattD.
Date: 6/3/2010, 12:42 pm

I'm finishing up the fiberglassing portion on my redfish king. Most of the mistakes at this point I think came from inexperience. I have more resin in the bottom of the boat than I care for, but the whole thing still feels fairly light. One big lesson I learned has been that off gassing is a big deal, and a sealer coat does not prevent 100% of the bubbles. Lesson learned, I will never start glassing in the morning again, at least not without a climate controlled shop. I ended up with some bubbles, which irritated me, so I sanded them out and patched them, this has left slightly pale spots, which it seems only I can see, so no big deal. Fiberglassing the inside of the hull was a nightmare though, things going against me that day, were the heat, and living in New Orleans there was the stench of the oil on the gulf all over town, it seems to happen less often now, unless Im used to it. Thing is, I could not seem to keep the glass fabric on the sides of the hull, although I evetually did. Bottom line is that I wish I could have taken a class on fiberglassing before this project. Im hoping experience will make the next boat a bit easier. As for now the biggest thing I have learned in this whole process are that mistakes are easy to repair, so don't waste time worrying, just fix them.

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Strip: First build progress
MattD. -- 6/3/2010, 12:42 pm
Re: Strip: First build progress
Bill Hamm -- 6/6/2010, 1:41 am