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Re: Strip: fiberglassing deck *PIC*
By:Etienne Muller - Ireland
Date: 1/11/2010, 4:45 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: fiberglassing deck (Jim L)

: On my Petrel I used the following sequence ...
: 1. Sanded & glassed the outside of the hull prior to stripping
: the deck. Filled the weave.
: 2. Stripped the deck.
: 3. Separated the hull & deck, removed all forms.
: 4. Sanded & glassed the inside of the hull and deck. Caution is
: needed here for the deck, but it's stronger than you might
: think.
: 5. Bonded deck to hull with FG tape on interior seams. Spreader
: sticks were used on the hull where required. I don't think the
: deck had distorted at all.
: 6. Glass the deck. This sequence allows the deck glass to be lapped
: over the hull a couple of inches for added strength to the
: hull/deck joint.

: I thought this was pretty much the standard approach. Worked fine
: for me. I know I must be reading you wrong, but if you glass the
: outside of the deck to a few inches below the hull shear line
: then they won't separate. (?)

: Jim

That is my usual sequence too.

Et

http://www.etiennemuller.com/northstar/index.html

for pictures of the outer deck glassing sequence about two thirds down the thumbnail gallery.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: fiberglassing deck
pettyofficeryn3 -- 1/10/2010, 4:38 pm
Re: Strip: fiberglassing deck
Jim L -- 1/11/2010, 7:46 am
Re: Strip: fiberglassing deck *PIC*
Etienne Muller - Ireland -- 1/11/2010, 4:45 pm
Re: Strip: fiberglassing deck
Scott Fitzgerrell -- 1/19/2010, 1:54 pm
Re: Strip: fiberglassing deck
Bill Hamm -- 1/11/2010, 12:10 am
Re: Strip: fiberglassing deck
pettyofficeryn3 -- 1/11/2010, 1:43 pm
Re: Strip: fiberglassing deck
Bill Hamm -- 1/12/2010, 12:41 am
Re: Strip: fiberglassing deck *PIC*
Etienne Muller - Ireland -- 1/12/2010, 12:20 pm
Re: Strip: fiberglassing deck
Bill Hamm -- 1/13/2010, 12:23 am