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Re: Strip: starting the deck
By:JohnAbercrombie
Date: 5/29/2014, 1:17 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: starting the deck (Mike Thomas)

Thanks thats about all I could see to do thanks also one last question on the epoxy so I actually mix the 2 parts and brush or paint the bottom first with epoxy and then after it cures completely do the glass work.As discribed ?I saw some just glasses but others sealed with epoxy first.

I strongly recommend (as has been suggested here) that you do some 'practice' before starting to glass your hull. If you are going to make glassed bulkheads (using wood strips or thin plywood), glassing them now would be excellent practice.

I would get ideas of 'brushing and painting' epoxy out of my mind....one way to build a heavy and expensive boat is to put on too much epoxy. If you decide to do a 'sealer coat' of epoxy, you want a very thin coating, which I would spread around with an auto body 'squeegee' (flat plastic spreader for Bondo). You can use a brush or roller to get the epoxy from the mixing container to the hull. Once the wood has absorbed some epoxy, you want to get the rest of it off the hull - no very 'glossy' areas with thicker epoxy.

Using a sealer coat is probably easier if you haven't a lot of experience with glassing - some pros always use a sealer coat. It doesn't use any more (and some say uses less) epoxy than the 'one-step' method.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: starting the deck
Mike Thomas -- 5/29/2014, 8:26 am
Re: Strip: starting the deck
JohnAbercrombie -- 5/29/2014, 10:19 am
Re: Strip: starting the deck
Mike Thomas -- 5/29/2014, 12:51 pm
Re: Strip: starting the deck
JohnAbercrombie -- 5/29/2014, 1:17 pm
Re: Strip: starting the deck
Bill Hamm -- 5/30/2014, 10:14 am