greetings everyone!
i've just finished off glassing the inside of kayak and it has come to my attention that i think i'm useing WAY more resin than i had intended to. i know this is my first s&g and first timers have a tendency to "overbuild". my concern is the type of fiberglass i'm useing. there is a local guy here who builds speed boat hulls off of forms, and his recomendation to me was/is to use this weave called "tiger hair" vs. a bi-axial weave. he sd that although bi-ax is very stong it is also very heavy. i bought a ton ( well not quite )of this tiger hair weave. to explain, it has a randomly woven look to it, and doesn't turn completely opaque (close)when wetted out. it looks like the stuff used to build fiberglass shower enclosures. lee, (from an other bbs who will go unnamed) sd that the stuff i'm useing maybe too heavy. i think he may be correct;but, should i use the stuff for the outside of kayak? i've cut into 6" strips and have doubled it up on the seams on the inside, and i've used the better part of a gallon of west 105 resin. suggestions with how i should proceed? any help would be greatly appreciated.
brett "the hitman hart"
south bend, in.