: After setting up my S&G Osprey 13 for my first ever hull glass job i am
: suffering nightmares: I feel sitting in an enormous airbubble with
: sticking epoxy walls all around covered by a heavy glass layup and beeing
: constantly squeezed by a squegee mooving back and forth - and no way to
: escape! Huh - scary!

: (+) Do you know any psychologist beeing an expert for
: "glassingphobia"?
: (+) What happens if my wife is not satisfied with the result? (It wil be her
: ship!)
: (+) Shall i stop the project?

: Probably most of you have suffered these kind of emotions before the first
: glass job.
: So i'll go for it and look forward the result

: Regards
: J�rg, Austria

Hey Joerg,

Just take it easy, no psychologist needed. Using epoxy is not much worse than painting your living room, although epoxy IS sticky :-)
Only thing is, you MUST follow the rules. I.e. clean the surface, have the right temperature, right mixing ratio etc.

Not that big a deal, and it is pretty easy to get a really good result.
Even with cheap tools you get a good result, but if youre unsure, buy a couple of pro rollers/squeegees/cups with measurements. After a short period of time, you will get the feel for, what can be used, and what not.
All of the problems i have encountered, happened when i tried working outside the envelope, in too hot temperatures, trying to save time, save epoxy or i was just plain lazy. In that context epoxy is very unforgiving, but so can a normal paint job be, if you skip priming the walls.

I suggest you practice on some scrap strips or the like, so you can get a hang of it.
Also search+read some of the post in this forum regarding epoxying. There are many thorough walk-throughs, as you are not the only beginner.

Dont stop the project, glass, epoxy, sand, epoxy, sand, row.

Good luck,

Jesper,
Copenhagen, DK