Until now, I had only fiberglassed the seats and the seams on the inside of our boat. Now that the nails and screws were no longer in the plywood, I could fiberglass the outside (very crucial).
I laid the cloth across the bottom of the boat and I traced what needed to be cut a few inches from the bottom with a combination square. That way, I could have a sheet that fit just right and with some overhang. I also cut strips of the cloth which I epoxied along the outer seams before fiberglassing the entire bottom.
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| Marking where I needed to cut the cloth. This photo eerily looks like a coffin or ghost ship. |
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| Gluing the seams |
After I glued the edges, I laid our perfect-fit cloth along the bottom and painted the epoxy on from one end to the other. I used a squeegee to remove any air bubbles under the cloth. It worked really well and smoothed out the bottom.
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| Our fiberglass bottom boat |
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