I am not very satisfied with the results of making a "Vaclav style" coaming for my son's plywood walrus and am wondering about a plywood lip (like Pygmy) instead.

The fiberglass version came out pretty wavey with a few bubbles etc, It just doesn't look that good. I used black pigment (System 3) to color the epoxy and that helps somewhat but it still looks funny. I'll add a few fill coats and try to sand it smooth but I probably will not end up using it.

I don't have any experience with the plywood lip and was wondering about epoxying a 2 piece lip made from 3mm lauan onto the top of the coaming upright strips, using a woodflour thickened epoxy fillet on the underside and then glass over the top and down the inside of the uprights and around into the cockpit.

2 Questions:

Will the 1/4" upright strips be thick and strong enough to do the pygmy style lip?

And, is 3mm thick enough or should I double it?

Any other insights would be welcome

Thanks, Ben Staley