Glass Fiber - the first piece

It was a cold weekend... not as cold as it had been... just as well, we need to get the garage up to 85F. So we begged, borrowed and borrowed some electric heaters... plus the base board heating and a propane heater to get us going...

Sanding was complete...

First a coat of epoxy was applied to seal the wood. That way the cedar wouldn't suck the resin out of the glass. 6 hours later that was dry.

And then we cut the glass to size and draped it over the kayaks... really kind of a shock... its tough to believe that is going to go clear after the resin is put on. So we decided to work together and start with mine and do Leslies after.

Dressed to work with epoxy... its a glamorous job! VOC filters, rubber gloves and old cloths. Epoxy never comes out of cloths.

But the results look good! This is the color it will be when finished too... the epoxy really brings out the color of the cedar.

John's

Leslies

We have a couple more coats of epoxy and glass tape down the keel to apply and then we get to turn them over and start on the decks! Hopefully this weekend...