Fairing and Fiberglassing

Fairing the deck with a scraper, long board and random orbital sander. Followed by a quick wet down and then fiberglassing and a light fill coat.

For more Information about this technique visit http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/guillemot/blog/nick/fairing_and_glassing_deck

This series of videos shows the steps of building a wooden kayak using the "strip-planked" or "strip-built" method. This particular boat is a double paddle canoe design called the microBootlegger by Guillemot Kayaks. More information about the boat is available at http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com . Further information about the building techniques shown in these videos is available in the book "Building Strip-Planked Boats": http://building-strip-planked-boats.com/ For more videos in this series please visit: http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/guillemot/blog

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Howto & Style

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[guillemot12]

@worstdogever87: The fiberglass is wet out with epoxy. The epoxy glues the the cloth to the wood.

[worstdogever87]

what do you use to keep the fiberglass on