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Re: Strip: Glassing the hull
By:JohnK
Date: 4/4/2011, 11:35 pm
In Response To: Strip: Glassing the hull (Paul Lueders)

: Put on a layer of 6 oz. glass on my first hull ever today.
: Would like to put on another layer of 6 oz. glass. ( I'm not one to
: baby my boats. )
: Can I put on the 2nd layer of glass tomorrow afternoon?
: You don't need a fill coat of epoxy between the layers of glass do
: you?
: Then in two days I can start building up a few more layers on the
: stems right?
: Then the fill coats of epoxy, right?

Hi Paul,
You can put on two layers together.
Some put the football under the glass, and others over the top.
Even if you do it separate, you don't need to wait very long.
Tack dry is enough. Then you get a chemical bond still, whereas the other way it is only mechanical.
Do it asap.
JohnK

JohnK

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Glassing the hull
Paul Lueders -- 4/4/2011, 8:32 pm
Re: Strip: Glassing the hull
george jung -- 4/4/2011, 11:05 pm
Re: Strip: Glassing the hull
JohnK -- 4/4/2011, 11:35 pm
Re: Strip: Glassing the hull
Bill Hamm -- 4/5/2011, 1:11 am
Re: Strip: Glassing the hull
JohnK -- 4/5/2011, 4:33 am
Re: Strip: Glassing the hull
Paul Lueders -- 4/5/2011, 6:56 am
Re: Strip: Glassing the hull
Ian Johnson -- 4/5/2011, 7:04 pm
Re: Strip: Glassing the hull
Bill Hamm -- 4/6/2011, 1:03 am