Flats Stalker 18

21. Glassing the inside of the hull

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Inside Glassing( ~ 9 hours, 1 person)

Laying out & wetting the inside fiberglass cloth:

In the photo below, I've applied sections of peel ply to the fiberglass cloth saturated with epoxy. You can see the peel ply draping down from the top of th photo with the scissors sitting on top. The areas at the bottom of the photo have peel ply applied & the areas with white streaks/bubbles are places where the epoxy hasn't saturated the peel ply.

I questioned whether to even bother with the peel ply for the inside glassing. There is very little fairing done to this area since the sole will cover a good portion of the fiberglass. I decided to use it to soak up the excess epoxy and help leave a smoother finish on small areas that will be exposed (mostly on the inside walls of future compartments).