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I am a first time boatbuilder. I just did the fiberglass in the cockpit of my shearwater 17 H. I thought I got the bubbles out of the fiberglass, but when I looked today I found a few large bubble areas. Most are only a couple square inches of surface. I cut through them with a utility knife. Now should I just put some more epoxy on them and try to get them to settle back into the surface, or should I just cut them out and epoxy in a fresh piece of fiberglass into the spot? Or is there some other option?
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RE: bubbles in the fibreglass
» Submitted by PaulB - Sun, 8/8/10 » 11:11 PM
The larger ones I have cut out and re-glassed (patched) Make sure the wood surface is clean. My first experience was with cedar strips cut from recycled power poles which had an oil based preservative in it. A few fish eyes. pb