: I was reading posts in the archives yesterday and something jumped out at me
: that I had read in Nick's book but completely forgot to do. After fairing,
: coating, and glassing the inside of the hull (weekend b4 last), I forgot
: to install any type of restrictors to reduce the possibility of spreading
: as the epoxy cures. As soon as I got home from work the hull got a quick
: measurement. At the #9 form placement (Guillemot) the measurement was 22
: and 5/8". The rest of the measurements were off significantly as
: well. I Immediately began the process of placing boards measured to the
: correct widths in place, pulling the sides back into shape. My questions
: are as follows: Is this too little too late?

I used raka 350, and the first 15 hours is about all you have to play with. You can keep the spreaders in there till you get ready to glass the deck, and then take them out and see if it remains. If not, you could make spreaders to fit the hull shape and then use them on the deck for a better fit.

Mine was wide at first, to keep from having to pull the hull together and tape the spreaders and possibly mess up my wet glass job, I put a support under the middle of the hull and put 5 lb weights on each end. This closed up the hull so the spreaders would hold it to the correct width. Hope this helps.

: What is another option should this be ineffective?

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