Chapter 5    Starting To Fiberglass

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Fiberglass cloth draped over hullTom and canoe after first coat of resinTom and Jeff


We coated the outside with one coat of epoxy resin to "size" the wood so not too much of the cloth coat soaks in.  We used 6 oz cloth.  Sorry, not too many photos at this stage; we were more concerned with not gluing our shoes to the garage floor.

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