Dec 2. Fiberglassing the Sides

Prior to stitching the sides to the bottom and bending, this designer instructs us to glass the outside of the sides and the top of the bottom. This makes them bend more evenly and be less likely to brak during bending. 

6 oz fiberglass is used on the sides, and I gotta say that it's a pretty big layup -- 64 square feet. That's why I was glad I had the 5 gallon bucket of resin, half leftover from a couple of previous kayak projects. It's also a lot of stink. My eyes were watering pretty bad. 

Here are the sides all done and curing. Note that I pulled the and old "wet and glue in one coat" trick again. So when the the weave started to look a bit dry in spots where the resin soaked into the bare plywood, I went over it again with more resin. That's the wrong way to do things. 

You can brush, or use a roller to put on the resin through the glass, but I like to use a squeegee. That way I just pour out a bunch of resin and then just push it around. It's quicker. 

Here is the aforementioned starved scarf joint from last night's layup. I had to break it apart (easy since there was little glue) and reglue it tonight prior to glassing the bottom tomorrow.