Glassing in tubbies

Jhucke · Mar 26, 2015

Thinking about glassing on my tubbie 2's to my squarenose. Anyone have pictures of how they did theirs? Should I glass just the edges or place fiberglass matting over the entire tubbie?

Vortex · Mar 28, 2015

I haven't glasses any on before but I'd probably glue them on with 4000 or 4200 and lay mat along the edges with about a 1/4 to 1/2" overlap of glass on each side, sanded as smooth as possible.

Jhucke · Mar 29, 2015

Vortex said:
I haven't glasses any on before but I'd probably glue them on with 4000 or 4200 and lay mat along the edges with about a 1/4 to 1/2" overlap of glass on each side, sanded as smooth as possible.

Thanks for the input

Jhucke · Mar 30, 2015

Not sure if anyone is even looking at this thread, but I'm hoping for opinions. Thinking about not even using fiberglass mat, just epoxy resin mixed with 404 to thicken it up and make it smooth around the edges.

txsuperjetfreak96 · Mar 30, 2015

Did my zero tubbies that way on my rn and screwed theme on after it setup cut the ends of screws flush on inside

Jhucke · Mar 30, 2015

txsuperjetfreak96 said:
Did my zero tubbies that way on my rn and screwed theme on after it setup cut the ends of screws flush on inside

So you glasses the outside and screwed them on? Why not just glass?

txsuperjetfreak96 · Mar 30, 2015

No thickened epoxy

smithrookie · Mar 30, 2015

I used thickened epoxy but needed to screw them in "temporarily" to hold them against the hull until the epoxy set. Then i removed the screws and filled the holes with epoxy and ran a bead of epoxy around all of the edges and blended them into the body.... My ski was completely apart though so it made it easy to work from both the outside and inside...

Jhucke · Mar 30, 2015

smithrookie said:
I used thickened epoxy but needed to screw them in "temporarily" to hold them against the hull until the epoxy set. Then i removed the screws and filled the holes with epoxy and ran a bead of epoxy around all of the edges and blended them into the body.... My ski was completely apart though so it made it easy to work from both the outside and inside...

Yes my ski is completely tore down because I'm prepping it for paint and glassing these tubbies in is my final step. What you did seems like the easiest way of doing things

Vortex · Mar 30, 2015

4000 and screws should hold it well enough. And its easy to smooth out and clean with mineral spirits

Jhucke · Mar 30, 2015

Vortex said:
4000 and screws should hold it well enough. And its easy to smooth out and clean with mineral spirits

I would consider 4000 more, but I already have epoxy resin and thickening agent to use. I'll post a few pictures when I get started