> I am trying unsucessfully for the second time to make a hatch lip out of
> fiberglass for my exped. I am using pva but i can only get one quarter or
> so of the lip to release the other half has to be forced and ends up
> deforming. Should I wait until the epoxy is harder? It has been 7 hours
> since I applyed it east system slow hardner. The epoxy got into the space
> between the hatch and the deck. and I thought if i waited any longer i
> would have a solid deck again? Any suggestions? Any thing better than PVA?
> I used two coats. HELPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!

I made my lip form out of plain old high density 1' construction foam board. Cut, filed and sanded it to shape, wrapped it in Saranwrap, glassed over it, then just pulled the foam out. The foam breaks up as you pull it out, Saranwrap comes with it. I put one more layer of glass cloth on the under side of the lip then to have a smooth curve on the down side too.

Randy