Many of our wood/epoxy boat kits require glass cloth tapes,some require a larger sheet material too,if its to cover the boats outer skin we can supply a fine close weave cloth that wets out to a smoother finish than the normal woven cloth.When the cloth needs to be stuctural,we normally offer Biaxial cloth as in these pictures,its a joy to work with as it takes bends and corners quite easily.Some parts like Keel Foils require a Unidirectional weave,this norally means the cloth lays along the length of the keel foil,with most of the fibres being length ways.
Note,if it is expected to be a warm day,never start laying up in the early morning,as when the wood or ply warms up,it will send out air from its fibres,that air will cause bubbles under the cloth,its best to do the glassing when the day is cooling down and the air has stopped escaping,if you do get bubbles,dont panic,take a sharp knife,slit them and with an epoxy coated brush push them down.
Pictures by our Didi mini Cruise customer,Dave in Fremantle,Australia,thanks Dave.
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