a fish´s tale (ahh tail)

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So I glassed my fish today and although this was not my first fish, it was the first traditional one with a deep butt crack (what else). I had searched the archives, looked at every moonlight-fish-glassing-pic I could find and felt pretty confident… BUT - well, a disaster (had to cut the glass flush with the tail and use some patches, hopefully its fixable). So i hope some glassing experts may enlighten me:

  1. I cut the glass (6 oz., plain weave over eps) as shown in the pic, but had difficulties to wrap it in the red area. What kind of glass do you use? Is a twill or satin weave easier to wrap? More layers of lighter glass? Or maybe use relief cuts along the butt crack?

  2. When using a tint, I assume the cuts have to lay down side by side, without overlapping. How can this be done at the tail “edges” without pulling strands, getting bubbles under the glass etc.?

Thanks for any input.

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6-oz. can be a little tought to wrap around a totally hard edge. waiting until it starts to thicken helps it stick better…but i prefer to round the edge a bit, and then set up a little extra resin at the edge in the hotcoat and sand that to the hard edge.

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Thanks soulstice, that would make wrapping easier, will try it on the next one…