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Re: Glassing the SpiderBoat
By:Scott Lee
Date: 4/4/2000, 3:33 pm
In Response To: Glassing the SpiderBoat (Photo) (Spidey)

Spidey,

I will be glassing my Guillemot Double soon (I hope) and am thankful for your post. Your results look GREAT and your experience is very encouraging

I am wondering if anybody else out there can quantify the amount of epoxy used for a first coat. Having never epoxied before the 36oz you used sounds like a lot. I understand that you did not put a ‘primer’ coat on which may account for a good protion of that number as it soaked into the wood. Any idea how much was left over at the end and how much dripped on the floor?

Thanks! Scott

> Hi All;

> Well, thank goodness, glassing the hull was a 45 minute pleasure filled
> experience - - I can breathe easily again! My friend with all the glassing
> experience had me mix 24oz of epoxy at first, which I poured on the hull
> and began spreading. Spread it down the keel and pull it downward toward
> the sheer lines. Catch the runoff back in your cup. Pour it back as
> necessary onto the glass and wood areas that have not been thoroughly wet
> out. Repeat as necessary.

> Don't believe the instructions that say bubbles from runoff epoxy will
> produce a milky coat, that all disappears if you're still within the pot
> life of your epoxy - - I was done wetting the hull in 10 minutes, every
> single bubble went away almost instantly. I spent some time spreading the
> epoxy uniformly, and then adding the abrasion strips to the stems. The bow
> and stern now have an 18oz layup consisting of 6" wide and 4"
> wide 6oz strips run about 5' up the keel from either end. I had to mix
> more epoxy to finish the stem reinforcement strips, I did 12oz additional
> with some left over - waste . . . All of this accomplished in 3/4 hour.
> I'm impressed! 8-)

> There are a few more pix of the glassing up at my web site, noted below,
> jump to the "Glassing" link. Fellow Newbies, it's
> "cake!"

Messages In This Thread

Glassing the SpiderBoat (Photo)
Spidey -- 4/3/2000, 10:06 pm
Re: Glassing the SpiderBoat
Scott Lee -- 4/4/2000, 3:33 pm
Re: Glassing the SpiderBoat
Spidey -- 4/4/2000, 5:05 pm
Re: Glassing the SpiderBoat
Scotty -- 4/4/2000, 7:53 pm
Re: Glassing the SpiderBoat (Photo)
Scotty -- 4/4/2000, 9:19 am
Re: Glassing the SpiderBoat (Photo)
Spidey -- 4/4/2000, 10:57 am
Re: Glassing the SpiderBoat (Photo)
Hank -- 4/4/2000, 8:12 am
Re: Glassing the SpiderBoat (Photo)
Spidey -- 4/4/2000, 10:41 am
What? Me worry?
Paul G. Jacobson -- 4/4/2000, 11:14 pm
Re: Sanded Right Thru The Glass! (Photo)
Spidey -- 4/5/2000, 12:13 am
Re: Club Membership
Mike Hanks -- 4/5/2000, 10:56 am
Re: Club Membership
Tammy Hanks -- 4/5/2000, 4:50 pm
Re: Club Membership
Spidey -- 4/5/2000, 12:06 pm
Re: Club Membership
Mike Hanks -- 4/5/2000, 1:11 pm
Re: Club Membership
Hank -- 4/5/2000, 2:49 pm
Re: Another question
Mike Hanks -- 4/5/2000, 2:56 pm
Re: It's a Trick Question
Ken Finger -- 4/5/2000, 1:39 pm
Re: Barrelback 19
Tom Kurth -- 4/5/2000, 10:23 pm
Re: Barrelback 19
Ken Finger -- 4/6/2000, 7:32 am
Re: Barrelback 19
Dave Uebele -- 4/7/2000, 12:41 pm
Re: Barrelback 19
Paul G. Jacobson -- 4/8/2000, 1:20 am
Re: Barrelback 19
Dave Uebele -- 4/8/2000, 10:51 am
Re: Barrelback 19
Paul G. Jacobson -- 4/11/2000, 10:07 pm
Re: Barrelback 19--possibilities?
Tom Kurth -- 4/6/2000, 11:06 pm
Re: No Time Now - gotta build (No Text)
Spidey -- 4/5/2000, 2:41 pm
Great job !!!
Greg -- 4/3/2000, 11:34 pm
Re: Thanks!
Spidey -- 4/4/2000, 12:29 am
Re: Glassing the SpiderBoat (Photo)
John B. -- 4/3/2000, 10:25 pm
Re: Glassing the SpiderBoat (Photo)
Spidey -- 4/3/2000, 10:53 pm