glassing fish tail

General Discussion
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Just finished shaping my first fish and fancy having a go at glassing, can anyone tell me how to do the laps on the tail have heard of free lapping but havent got a clue what this is

Thanks

Steve

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I do the butt crack when I lam the deck by laminating rectangular patches in the crack before doing the deck. Mike

3

youved stewed long enough LOL!

the two types of laps that I know of are free laps and cut laps

Cut laps are when the oposite side your glassing is taped off about 1 to 2 inches from the rail and the glass is lapped

over the tape (slightly) the cut at the tape line when the resin firms up.

A free lap is when there is no tape on the oposite side and the glass is just wraped around the board

cut laps are used when theres pigment or heavy weave cloth (such as volan ) on the laminating step

Do a search to get more info

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Thanks for help, i`ll give it a go and let you know how it turns out… still a little unsure about laps will try more searching…