: Hi Rick,

: I think I have this all figured out but you never know. If I fiberglassed the
: deck first and then cut the holes and put in the insets then I couldn’t
: sand the insets flush with the deck very well. So I will fiberglass right
: over the recessed insets and when the epoxy reaches the leather stage
: while setting up, the fiberglass overlaying the inset hole can very easily
: be cut out with a utility knife. When the epoxy is cured I will sand a
: 1/16” radius on the hole edge so it won't cut into the bungee. The
: underdeck glassing will be more difficult but I think I will lay out the
: glass cloth right over the back of the insets that stick up in the air and
: make a cross cut over the top of each one and apply the epoxy while
: tucking the glass around the bosses. Anyway, that’s the plan.

: John

Hi John,

One thing I did was to put a piece of scotch tape over the holes to keep epoxy from dripping into the pocket. I trimmed it so about 1/32" was the border around the hole.

Steve