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Strip: ?'s on glassing cockpit coaming & lip *Pic*
By:Todd Sullivan
Date: 3/19/2008, 10:43 am

Fairly pleased with results thus far, and prefer not to botch it at this point. The decks and recessed cockpit areas are glassed (6oz w/ no fill coats, yet). The coaming and lip have a seal coat and are ready for glass. The only glass experience I have is what I've done thus far on these boats (should have cut that damned beaded edge off the 2" tape strips prior to beefing up the stems! ...live and learn). I seek advise on how I might lay-up the glass around the coaming and lip. With all the curves and changes in direction, I'd like trying not to create a mess that I'd spend hours cleaning up.

1. Didn't order roving when acquiring glass, and can't seem to find it locally, so I'll likely try twisting some narrow strips of my 6 oz into a rope. Guessing it might be easier to apply having wetted it out elsewhere and laying in place wet?
2. Is it going to be easier to lay-up by using slightly overlapped separate pieces, to avoid potential kinks and folds, or is it best to try do it with one continuous piece to keep it stronger and avoid the height variations that might come from overlapping?
3. Would this be any easier to do with 4 oz material vs. the 6 oz., or would that even matter?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated,
Todd

Messages In This Thread

Strip: ?'s on glassing cockpit coaming & lip *Pic*
Todd Sullivan -- 3/19/2008, 10:43 am
Re: Strip: ?'s on glassing cockpit coaming & lip *Pic*
John Monroe -- 3/21/2008, 5:31 am
Re: Strip: ?'s on glassing cockpit coaming & lip
Todd Sullivan -- 3/21/2008, 7:05 pm
Just trying to get a link to the pics... *LINK*
Todd Sullivan -- 3/19/2008, 3:18 pm
Re: Strip: ?'s on glassing cockpit coaming & lip
David Woodham -- 3/19/2008, 1:31 pm
Re: Strip: ?'s on glassing cockpit coaming & lip *Pic*
Todd Sullivan -- 3/19/2008, 3:05 pm