: I'm glassing the outside of the hull of my kayak this weekend and will be
: doing the deck shortly there after. My question is how much do I have to
: round over the edge where the deck and hull meet, so that I can run the
: 4oz glass across the deck around the 90 degree edge at the sheer and
: 2" or so down to overlap the deck.
: I have run a strip of light colored veneer just below the sheer and the more
: I round over the sheer the more of the edge of the okoume ply I expose
: above the veneer, so I don't want to round over more than I have to, but I
: don't want the glass to pull away at the edge either.
: How much is enough?

: Thanks,

: Ken

A 1/4" radius would be like the curve of a 1/2" dowel. On my stitch and glue that would have cut well into the plys of my okoume almost to my shear strip. I used about half that (similar to the curve of a round pencil) and had my 4 ounce glass lay okay.

Randy