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Re: Epoxy: Design and building of a fiberglass sea
By:Charlie
Date: 7/2/2012, 2:32 pm

We have a book in English called "Building Your Kevlar Canoe". It describes in detail a method of glass canoe building that will produce an almost professional quality canoe. I've read it several times and would never attempt such a thing.
To get professional results the mold must be almost perfect. For good reasons there is almost NO sanding or filling on the hull except for pinholes a light scuff to prepare for paint. A male mold of such quality takes more time to build that the boat itself. It consumes half the book.
Laminating the hull was done in one long session to assure all the laminates chemically bonded together. The three experienced people who did the lamination were committed to continue to completion even if it took 24 hours.
Over the many years I have come to this site there have been many posting about building in 'glass. The only one that was proven to be successful was a group of Quebecers who made a male mold from which they made a female mold which produced the boat. It was an industrial scale enterprise and not likely to be copied by a single indidvidual.
I wish you luck but I think you have taken a most difficult path.

: I'm currently building a fiberglass sea kayak, here is the link of
: my blog:
: http://seakayak-home-fabric.blogspot.fr/
: I hope that I might help some people who want to do a fiberglass
: sea. Fell free to ask my some question, I will do my best to
: answer you.
: the blog is in french/english, well it's because I'm french, so if
: you do get what I'm trying to say, tell me !

: Florent

Messages In This Thread

Epoxy: Design and building of a fiberglass sea kayak
Florent BALAC -- 6/27/2012, 2:44 am
Re: Epoxy: Design and building of a fiberglass sea
Aaron -- 7/2/2012, 1:02 am
Re: Epoxy: Design and building of a fiberglass sea
Marc Upchurch -- 7/2/2012, 11:25 am
Re: Epoxy: Design and building of a fiberglass sea
Charlie -- 7/2/2012, 2:32 pm
Re: Epoxy: Design and building of a fiberglass sea
Bill Hamm -- 7/3/2012, 1:06 am