Re: Fibergalss Stringers
shattered glass,<br /><br />I have had good luck building forms out of cardboard or luan plywood. I then cover the form with plastic (heavy dropcloth plastic), fiberglass does not stick to it.<br /><br />I then layed up 1 layer of glass and let it harden, removed from boat, removed from form. This gave me the glass shape I needed to complete the glassing. It fits back into the spot it came from perfectly. You can then use some thickend resing to hold it in place and glass over the whole thing.<br /><br />I just did this with fitting a fiberglass hatch, I lined the opening with platic and layed up the glass. Once set I could remove it from both the boat and the form.<br /><br />Basically, wherever you don't want the glass to stick, put the plastic. This works great for rough forms, and by no means works for finished molds, there are imperfections where the plastic was folded or crinkled.<br /><br />Picture, cardboard duct taped together, in the shape you want, even taped to the boat, covered in thick plastic, then glassed, so no glass or resin touches the boat, only the plastic.<br /><br />I have even used packing tape to hold everything down, since it is plastic fiberglass won't stick to it.<br /><br />Try it on a small piece, and you will see what I mean.<br /><br />Hope this helps.<br /><br />Peace.<br /><br />Ed.
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