Suggestion for glassing between floors and bulkheads

[Dmksails]

Ok, I've glassed the area at the bow, and between bulkheads 1 and 2. Not at all happy with the turnout and glassing between the floor boards is going to be even worse. I'm also wasting lot of glass.

I'm wondering is this would work -

1. I would put glass tape in each corner between the floorboard and the case.

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2. Then I would glass each side, with a 2-in overlap onto the hull panel.

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3. Finally I would add the center panel.

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I'm thinking this would be much easier and result in less wasted glass. But would it be just as strong?

[dbeck]

I just used one sheet of glass. Its width was the (distance between bulkheads + 2 height of bulkhead close to the keel). This sheet received two vertical cuts with a sharp scissor, one at each joint between bulkhead and keel (creating an overlap at the keel). That piece of glass was temporarily fixed with clamps and frogtape. First, I epoxied the part at the floor panel; then, the vertical part at the keel; finally, the vertical part at the bulkheads plus the overlaps to the keel. I hope the photo helps.

To ease glassing, we had installed the bulkheads without cleats. The cleats were added later prior installing the floorboards and painting the bilge.

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[Dmksails]

Update: I got the ok to try this method from Mr. Harris, who said it would probably be even stronger. Today I gave it a try and it worked great!

[Hooky]

Hi Dmksails,
Check out the August 2022 post on my blog to see how I glassed in the bottom sections.
https://hookypocketship.blogspot.com
Cheers
Terry from down under