by Marshview on Mon Jan 13, 2020 9:34 am
I'm just starting on a Pocketship project. I'm trying peel ply for the first time. I used it on the insides of the centerboard trunk and I liked the result. I'm now glassing the hull panels, using the schedule in the manual. I applied the glass cloth, wetted it out thoroughly and laid a layer of peel ply on top and squeegeed it well. When I remove the peel ply I get an exceptionally smooth coat with just the marks of the peel ply fabric, that sand out easily with 120 paper. Since I get a smooth, paintable coat with this method, should I still apply two more coats of epoxy? I don't need them to fill the glass weave but do I need these additional epoxy coats for strength?