Thread: Wide Fibreglass Cloth?

RED DEVIL,

don't waste your money importing 60"wide cloth, as you probably know .9- 1.10mt width is the standard over here,

you are better off doing your glass in sections, starting at one end and laying the glass across the hull from gunnel to gunnel with the lap to the rear.

This is how I did my 3.65Mt boat and it is how my brother in-law does 12Mt catamarans.

If you use cloth 60" wide it will not drape without having to be cut to fit the hull lines,if you think about it , your canoe tapers at each end and is broad in the center, with the hull curving in 2 planes.

Save your money.

Just my 2C worth.

Jeff

Since you're a novice 'glass worker, trust me, you'll want the ability to work just half the hull at a time. It's difficult to get a one piece 'glass job to lay down nice without some experience. Just overlap the centerline a few inches (50 mm) and do one side at a time. The over lap will provide extra protection at the place the boat will receive any likely damage.

I'm also in WA and when I built my guideboat I bought wide glass cloth from Duck Flat in South Australia Duck Flat Wooden Boats Cloth (per metre)

I did it in one piece without any extra cuts however if I built another I would use the narrower cloth for the reasons others have already given.

Thanks guys, i suppose the glassing stage is apprehensive for most first timers.
I'll post some progress up of the build soon enough.