Having finished the Gel-coat the next step is to apply the fibre glass which gives your boat it's strength....
The fibre glass comes on a roll and is known as ...chopped strand matt...
Get your gloves on...you will get many splinters...Be warned...even if you only look at it...it will come and get you...keep a pair of tweezers handy...
The matt is cut to length and laid on the hull....apply your resin with a roller...this then holds the matt in place...
When the matt is wetted out...the process of removing the air bubbles from under the matt begins....
A roller with washers threaded on it used the roll and squeeze the air bubbles out of the matt...
If the bubbles are'nt removed, the final finish will be ruined....great care must be taken at this stage .....because it won't be seen until the boat is removed from the mold...
Only one layer is applied at first... we then left it overnight before applying another two layers....and then again overnight before laying on the last two...
....5 layers were used as this is a mold we are making....for any further boats created 3 will be sufficient...
Laminating done.........only for the moment...
Drink beer and go to bed...
