Fiberglassing the Interior

As Ted Moores states in Canoecraft about working on the interior, "most amateur builders find this stage the least pleasant because it is dusty, uncomfortable, and frustrating to work on the awkward inside curves." As all ready stated about the sanding, the awkward curve is very difficult to sand. That being the case, multiple coats of epoxy resin needed to be poured onto the 4oz. fiberglass, because smoothing out the curve is more difficult on the inside than on the outside. Doing the same process as before, the fiberglass was smoothed out and hooked to the edge of the stern-line with clothes pins. The cloth was wetted out and after it dried the excess cloth around the stern-line was removed with an exacto knife. 6 oz. Fiberglass taped was placed on the keel-line to help strengthen the places where the strips didn't fully touch. Three additional coats of epoxy were applied to fill out the weave and ensure smooth continuity on the surface of the interior. However, near the stem the epoxy began to pool between the white oak and the cedar strips, which started to glob together and was hard to fix because of the tight space to work in. Nevertheless, most of this area will be covered with the deck and will not be visible. The next step was to make the gunwales.