: We glassed the inside of my ches 18 yesterday. Frightful experience.
: Basically ended up with a dozen bubbles scattered around, and a mess in
: the tips of the bow and stern. Before we do the same to Heather's Arctic
: Tern, could you offer up some tips and techniques for doing a better job.
: And what about those bubbles? Sand them out and patch with tape? thanks... Just finished my Ches. 18. Had similar experience with the inside glassing. Was my first boat. Next time I will use some tape to hold the glass in place, and mix way smaller batches of epoxy. I did sand the bubbles out and patched with pieces of tape, then did a couple more coats of epoxy. I painted the inside cockpit area and it looks ok. Glassing the hull was way easier and came out looking great. Just be sure and smooth the fiberglass getting rid of all the wrinkles before applying the epoxy. Small batches of epoxy,and squeegey the excess off before it starts to set. Good luck.