: I just did my first fiberglassing ever on my Njord build, laying
: two 3.2 oz glass layers (at once) over a sealer coat of epoxy. I
: squeegied the entire hull several times on the wet-out coat but
: must have left a little too much epoxy because I ended up with
: quite a few bumps that seem to be the fiberglass floating. I'm
: doing a black graphite hull so am not too worried about the
: aesthetics of it so can I just even things out with the fill
: coats, maybe with microballoons added for thicker coats that
: don't add too much weight (was already going to add some silica,
: too), or do I need to cut out the bad spots & patch or
: something.

: On a separate note, when I added small fiberglass strips on the
: stems I had trouble with the edges of the glass fraying. How do
: you avoid this?

Cut the tape (fiberglass strips) on a 45 degree bias, so the weave runs at a 45/45 degree angle to the length of the tape, Then there are no edges to fray, the fibers run the full width of the tape in both directions. The tape cut that way also will take a curve much easier.

Bill H.