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I actually did try peel ply over it. I couldn't get it to lay down without a ton of air bubbles. I pulled it off and rolled it in a few spots to push the cloth back down. I've used peel ply successfully on flat surfaces, but tight curved surfaces have been a challenge.

I listened once again and decided not to vacuum bag the skeg and rails on. I did what Fallguy said about wetting the wood and letting it kick before wetting again and placing the fiberglass over it. I got a metal roller and rolled towards the filet. It turned out great. No air bubbles.

Going fishing. This is the only time these chairs are ever used.

Thanks. I wasn't using a roller. I was only using a chip brush. I'll try the roller. . Ill try pre wetting it and let it sit. Last time, I pre wet it and immediatly put the glass over it. I think the pine soaks up the epoxy and starved the glass.

Thanks for the very good explanation. The reason I wanted to do the vacuum bagging was I had trouble getting the 6 oz woven to lay down over the rails. I even used peel ply and it still would lay down without having a lot of air bubbles. I ended up removing the glass when it was still wet and just u...

I'm planning on vacuum bagging the fiberglass on over the rail and I have a few questions on the setup. I'm going to use perforated release film, breather fabric, and then the bagging film. Do I make the width of the release film wider than the fiberglass? Does the breather fabric need to be the sam...

It's hard to tell in the pic, but it is a really smooth transition. Pic makes it look crooked.

I blended my skeg in.

Thanks, I placed spray rails along the chine as the plan indicated. I'm not sure the reasoning behind it. I thought ight about putting one higher towards the back as well.

I put the filets on the spray rails today. I used a plastic cup to spread the filet on the top of the rail. On the bottom, I just used a popcycle stick.