got an hour this afternoon to start the glassing of the balsa to the hull sides. I cut and prepped everything first I dry fitted the 1708 to the sides and and cut and fitted it were it needed. I then cut a layer of 2oz mat to be the finishing glass so I can finish to. I don't like making the 1708 the finish layer as you can have print thru the primer and paint. the glass rolled out very easy since I tapered the balsa for a smooth angle. I just had to deal with the 90 degree turn at the bottom of the hull.
Before I started anything I vacuumed and cleaned the hull out, I also wiped the old hull down with some acetone to get it clean for a good bond.
Alright after I got the 1708 dry fitted I left it clamped to the hull with my handy spring clamps. I mixed up some divilette putty and put it in a caulk tube and squirted it where ever there was a void or gap. I kicked it slow so I didn't have to worry about it flashing off on me. I flopped it over to the outside of the boat and rolled resin to the balsa then flipped the 1708 over and rolled it out.
I measured the glass so the joint of the glass would not land on the joint of the balsa. I also shorted the mat layer by 6" so when I lay the next layer no joints are are all meeting each other in the same place.
I used 3 gallons total to roll out 9ft on each side of 1 layer of 1708 and 1 layer of 2oz mat.
so figure 7 gallons of resin to do the hull sides.
here is were I found the empty caulk tubes
http://www.sjdiscounttools.com/aim-t...tm_content=pla