My first glass job. Thanks to some videos and a lot of swaylocks time I got the nerve. Things have gone pretty well until I started sanding. All the warnings and I still sanded through the glass job in a small spot at the nose and another in the rail at the tail. My question, how do I fix it ? I’m thinking I’m going to have to approach it like a ding. A layer of 4oz glass with some resin and get to sanding again. A hearty thank you in advance for all the infinite wisdom shared on this site!
vern,
I’m guilty of quite a few bad glass jobs. I treat them as dings. My ding repairs have inproved greatly since I started glassing my own boards. mike
Hey Vern,
just to re-assure you, you are correct. You might want to do two layers of cloth! 
Vern , This may help, run the sander over the intricate bits then finish them by hand(nose and tail). saves a lot of sand throughs. as you get better with the sander it will work out.
Thanks Plus One,
I was curious if one layer would be enough. I appreciate your input.
Pandanus,
I’m amazed at how quick I went through. The nose was just a bad mistake to learn from. The tail however, was purely getting familiar with the sander. Next time I will take it a little more carefully and use more hand sanding in delicate spots. Any advice on getting more familiar and practicing with the sander/sanding process ?
You are not alone.
I’ve glassed four boards so far and each one has had some sort of problem.
Ding Repair!!!
I sanded through a nose with the power sander , cut too deep when installing a fin box ,bumped a board when moving stuff around damaging the swallow tail…
You will get better and faster with glass work. Have fun and keep surfing!
Ray
the same thing happens to me, my first board was bad. My second board wasnt as bad but had some wrinkels and airbubbles that I had to sand down and place glass over. Im still sanding that one, hopefully I wont screw up now that I finally hot coated it.
I forgot to add, get a good sander, my life sucks right now because I have a crappy palm sander and it takes for ever to get anywhere. Its not necessiarly a bad thing, but just sucks. The hot coat came out good though, Ive learned alot from my mistakes as most people, so I guess I can say is learn from your experiences and it will work out better in the long run.
Greenboards, Since you’ve only got a palm sander, try doing the initial sanding using a sanding block. If you start with 60grit for the high spots, then switch to 100 grit to finish it out (I’m talking about the hotcoat), you’ll be able to go much faster than with a palm sander.
You can make a great little sanding block by using some stable wood like mahogany or teak or whatever else works, and glue a piece of cork on one side. Start sanding with paper on the hard wood side, then switch to the cork side to smooth things out. Doug