Fiberglass Question
Burly Pete wrote:
Hi
This is my first boat
My plans for the boat I'm building state to use 2 lengths of 60" wide
fiberglass for the outer hull and have the overlap across the keel for
extra strength.
The hull is 64" from gunwhale to keel to gunwhale. Do I lay both layers
down at once or do I lay one down at a time.
Hi-
You don't say what weight of cloth you will be using, and that will
make a difference. If you are using 6oz cloth you shouldn't have much
problem wetting out two layers at once if you are patient and using a
slow resin. Sometimes I have resorted to thinning my epoxy a few
percent (not much) to get faster wet-out.
It will help if you trim the selvage (edge) which is under the top
layer- messier to work with but it will leave less of a 'ridge'
showing.
What kind of boat are you building?
Cheers
John
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