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Re: hull glassing question
By:Julie Kanarr
Date: 5/28/2001, 2:14 pm
In Response To: hull glassing question (Sue)

: Last night I did the saturation coat on the outside of my Osprey's hull and I
: just scraped off the obvious runs and sags this morning. How fanatical do
: I have to be about getting the surface completely smooth at this point.
: Will the fiberglass hide or accentuate the flaws?

You don't need to fanatical at this (or any) point. As long as you've gotten the obvious runs & sags, you're fine. Besides -- if you're too fanatical, then you'll probably feel really, really bad the first time you scrape your hull over a rock & scratch it up.......

Julie Kanarr

Messages In This Thread

hull glassing question
Sue -- 5/27/2001, 12:14 pm
hull glassing school of hard knocks
Severne -- 5/29/2001, 1:26 pm
finger plane & 100 grit
!RUSS -- 5/28/2001, 9:05 pm
Re: finger plane & 100 grit
Julie Kanarr -- 5/29/2001, 9:33 am
Drips and Drabs Dollups and Dabs :)
!RUSS -- 5/29/2001, 11:45 am
Re: Drips and Drabs Dollups and Dabs :)
Julie Kanarr -- 5/29/2001, 12:27 pm
Re: Fair question
Dave Houser -- 5/28/2001, 7:07 pm
Re: hull glassing question
Julie Kanarr -- 5/28/2001, 2:14 pm