I'm making a sea hood for my Triton. The sides and front are 1" thick red oak and the top is 1/2" birch plywood. I filleted all of the inside corners with thickened epoxy and used 3" inch wide fiberglass cloth and then 6" wide fiberglass cloth over the fillets. For a little extra added strength (because the 1/2" plywood top is a little thin) and to waterproof, I'm going to cover the top, sides, and front with two layers of fiberglass cloth and epoxy resin.
What weight cloth would you recommend?
Thanks.
Weight of Cloth for Sea Hood Sheathing
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Weight of Cloth for Sea Hood Sheathing
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I would think that should be more than plenty strong on its own. For waterproofing, I'd go with a couple layers of relatively lightweight cloth. 6oz would probably be fine.
Nathan
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Re: Weight of Cloth for Sea Hood Sheathing
I'm finishing up a seahood for my Bristol, built similarly to your methods: http://bristol29.com/Projects/seahood/seahood.htmtriton318 wrote:I'm making a sea hood for my Triton. The sides and front are 1" thick red oak and the top is 1/2" birch plywood. I filleted all of the inside corners with thickened epoxy and used 3" inch wide fiberglass cloth and then 6" wide fiberglass cloth over the fillets. For a little extra added strength (because the 1/2" plywood top is a little thin) and to waterproof, I'm going to cover the top, sides, and front with two layers of fiberglass cloth and epoxy resin.
What weight cloth would you recommend?
Thanks.
Good luck,
David