Fiberglassing the Exterior
Phase 3: Fiberglassing the Exterior
In this next step, I fiberglassed the exterior of the boat. I used a single sheet and carefully draped it around all of the sides, including the transom. As I applied the epoxy, I let the drips fall onto a plastic sheet laid out below the boat.
A couple of lessons from this first build and my first time working with epoxy:
You need way less epoxy than you'd think. And if you spot a bubble or a large pocket of epoxy and you're debating whether to fix it now or sand it out later, fix it now, before the epoxy cures. Sanding is already a difficult, time-consuming task. Don't double the work by leaving mistakes for later. Plus, if the extra epoxy is trapped below the fiberglass, you'll end up sanding straight through the fiberglass trying to smooth it out.
