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Re: S&G: Glassing inside of panels?
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 10/6/2008, 1:19 am
In Response To: S&G: Glassing inside of panels? (Paul Sylvester)

: Since glassing the inside of a s-n-g hull is harder than the outside why not
: glass the insides of the hull panels while they are flat on the bench?
: When you stitch it up get a solid mech. bond, use a decent fillet and two
: strips of 2-3" glass tape on the inside seams.
: By glassing flat on the bench you could lightly clamp and press any excess
: resin out of the glass. Would this offset the weight of two strips of
: glass tape? I have done this with skegs and bulkheads and it worked well.
: thoughts?
: Heading out to buy the ply and thinking of different ideas.....always hated
: glassing the insides, seems you cannot avoid a few small bubbles...

With the flat panels of a S&G you could do the bottom then roll the boat onto each side to do that side, you'd then be mostly working downhill.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

S&G: Glassing inside of panels?
Paul Sylvester -- 10/4/2008, 7:04 am
Re: S&G: Glassing inside of panels?
Bill Hamm -- 10/6/2008, 1:19 am
Re: S&G: Glassing inside of panels?
Terry Haines -- 10/7/2008, 12:02 am
Re: S&G: Glassing inside of panels?
John Faas -- 10/5/2008, 12:32 am
Re: S&G: Glassing inside of panels?
Etienne Muller -- 10/4/2008, 1:57 pm
Re: S&G: Glassing inside of panels?
Etienne Muller -- 10/4/2008, 1:59 pm
Re: S&G: Glassing inside of panels?
Duane Strosaker -- 10/4/2008, 1:42 pm
Re: S&G: Glassing inside of panels?
Paul Sylvester -- 10/5/2008, 6:45 am
Re: S&G: Glassing inside of panels?
Etienne Muller -- 10/5/2008, 12:53 pm
Re: S&G: Glassing inside of panels?
Mike Scarborough -- 10/4/2008, 8:40 am