Today some glass was laid onto some fillets. The knowhow is accumulating slowly but steadily. I found out that laying glass-taping fillets is best done when the fillet is still wet. Simply lay the fillet, cut out the needed length of tape and place it on the fillet, tapping the tape into place with your fingertips. Gives a nice result, since you do not need to sand the dried fillet in the pre-glass phase. I also decided to add some extra reinforcement to the stern transom. Simple butt joints wont do, so I put an extra layer of thin plywood on top to be on the safe side.
-
- The glass is soaked and eager to dry. Notice that it sits rather well, no bulges or dents. This is because the glass was laid onto a wet fillet.
-
- The hard way of glassing fillets. Let the fillet dry and then dremel it to a round edge. I only used the dremel on the corners, the rest was done with sandpaper.
-
- Glass tape laid onto the wet fillet. It sticks well and you can tap out uneven regions.
-
- On the right side you can see the butt joints under a layer of epoxy. My gut feeling tells me that a simple butt joint wont do. The extra layer of ply is laying on its back on the middle of the picture. The left side of the transom has already been fixed with clamps.
