: I have the hull of my Great Auk nearly complete now. Just the stems to add.
: It's built without staples and hot glued here and there to the forms.
: Should I fair, sand, and fiberglass the hull now or just flip it and begin
: stripping the deck. If I just flip it now and start the deck, I will at
: some point have to remove the hull from the forms before it's all closed
: up and I can't access the hot glue blobs. Seems I would want fiberglass on
: it before it comes off the forms right?

: I'm thinking: -sand, fair, and fiberglass the hull now
: -flip the hull, trim the fiberglass at the sheer and begin stripping the deck
: -get a good start on the deck, at least the sheer and a few more strip in
: -detach the hull from the forms for the first time by removing hot glue from
: inside the hull
: -finish stripping the deck
: -fair, sand and fiberglass the deck
: -cut in the cockpit coaming and hatches
: -fair, sand and fiberglass insides of both hull and deck

: Does this sound right?

Glass your hull first.

The key to understanding the use of hot glue is that it will release cleanly when sheared off with a blow.

Knock out the stations with a mallet. Whack them hard, toward the wider center of the hull.

Then tack the stations back in place with hot glue dabs only at the sheerline. This will make it much
easier to remove the deck.

Then strip your deck.

If you'd like more details about using hot glue check -out my web site, LaughingLoon.com

Rob