Laying on the glass

[Mike Kimball]

Well, I'm just about ready to start laying on the glass. The nose cowl is
covered with wall spackle and mostly sanded smooth. A little more sanding
and then paint, wax, and glass. Any tips on laying on the glass? I
certainly can't manage large sheets of glass. I'm gonna have to lay the
glass on in smaller pieces, creating a patchwork of overlapping pieces a
foot or two wide in some places. Larger pieces in others. I'm assuming the
overlaps will sort of blend together and will be smoothed by filling and
sanding the filler later.

Mike




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[eric.r]

Lay out thin plastic sheeting on a table, put the cloth on it, pour on some
epoxy and lay another sheet of plastic. Squeegee out all the excess resin,
and cut the strips with a round blade fabric cutter. (mark the plastic with a
sharpie for perfect strips). PIck one up at a time, peel off the back plastic
and place the strip. Then peel of the other plastic covering. I use cheap
polyethelene sheeting . Makes for a neat, light layup, and you can do all kinds
of angles, etc.
On 4/6/2006 6:03 PM, mkimball@gci.net wrote to rebel-builders:

-> Well, I'm just about ready to start laying on the glass. The nose cowl is
-> covered with wall spackle and mostly sanded smooth. A little more sanding
-> and then paint, wax, and glass. Any tips on laying on the glass? I
-> certainly can't manage large sheets of glass. I'm gonna have to lay the
-> glass on in smaller pieces, creating a patchwork of overlapping pieces a
-> foot or two wide in some places. Larger pieces in others. I'm assuming the
-> overlaps will sort of blend together and will be smoothed by filling and
-> sanding the filler later.
->
-> Mike
->





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