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Re: S&G: WGW Construction Day 12 (High Drama)
By:j.knierim
Date: 2/14/2002, 5:19 am

Hi, I used mainly my gloved finger to rub the airbubbles out of the wettet cloth.
Worked fine.
Greetings Joaquin:

Today I glassed the right side of the hull. My wife helped me in this
: process. First we laid out the glass cloth, pinned it with masking tape,
: and lined it up with the sheer line. Straightening the cloth was not a
: difficult task. I thought it would be harder. Then we mixed up first batch
: of epoxy and laid it out from the middle. The manual calls for sqeegeeing
: epoxy after the coat has been rolled out.

: Here is where I thought the trouble started. The coat looked great but when I
: started using the squeegee the cloth stretched out and created air pockets
: underneath the cloth in places where seams formed a 'valley'.

: I tried to work the cloth and get rid of the bubbles but some pockets were
: just impossible to work out.

: So the questions are: What danger am I running into if I do have some air
: pockets underneath the cloth?
: Should this be fixed during the next 'fill coat'?

: Thank for any responses.

Messages In This Thread

S&G: WGW Construction Day 12 (High Drama)
rb -- 2/13/2002, 11:38 pm
Re: High Drama
Chip Sandresky -- 2/14/2002, 5:14 pm
Re: High Drama
Canary -- 2/14/2002, 6:15 pm
Bubbles and Ice picks and other bits of humanity
!RUSS -- 2/14/2002, 9:25 pm
Re: S&G: WGW Construction Day 12 (High Drama)
j.knierim -- 2/14/2002, 5:19 am
Re: S&G: WGW Construction Day 12 (High Drama)
Pete Notman -- 2/14/2002, 4:35 am
Re: S&G: WGW Construction Day 12 (High Drama)
Pete Notman -- 2/14/2002, 4:24 am
Re: S&G: WGW Construction Day 12 (High Drama)
rb -- 2/14/2002, 7:15 am
Re: S&G: WGW Construction Day 12 (High Drama)
Myrl Tanton -- 2/14/2002, 10:53 am