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- Mon Sep 29, 2014 2:17 am
- Forum: Questions & Comments
- Topic: Fibreglass weight inside vs outside
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Re: Fibreglass weight inside vs outside
Thanks for the help guys. I think I will go with 6mm Gaboon. Also here in New Zealand I cant seem to find any fibreglass cloth that is 1.5m wide, all the stuff here seems to be 1m instead. But I think this will actually work better. I will do a layer of 200gm per side with a very generous overlap in...
- Wed Sep 24, 2014 1:06 pm
- Forum: Questions & Comments
- Topic: Fibreglass weight inside vs outside
- Replies: 8
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Re: Fibreglass weight inside vs outside
Thanks for the advise, it would mainly be for smashing against rocks more than abraision. I find it counter intuitive that you would double the inside glass to make it stronger but you lot are the experts. Would be interested to hear from anyone who has done this. I'm planning on doing a build log w...
- Wed Sep 24, 2014 9:06 am
- Forum: Questions & Comments
- Topic: Fibreglass weight inside vs outside
- Replies: 8
- Views: 13177
Fibreglass weight inside vs outside
Hi there. Just ordered the plans for the trapper 15-38 and waiting for them to arrive. Whilst planning out my materials I'm wondering what weight fibreglass cloth to use. Ideally I would like quite a heavy duty boat. On the rivers here in New Zealand where I will be using it there are occasional rap...