Building my 2.4 metre ( 8 feet ) dinghy hull mould from scratch.. Fishing boat construction: 2. building a fibreglass fishing boat. fao fisheries technical paper. no. 321. rome, fao. 1991. 84p. abstract: the contents are intended to give the reader a sound basic knowledge of frp and it's possibilities and limitations in boatbuilding.. How to fiberglass. in this article: article summary getting ready and building a mold mixing and applying the fiberglass finishing the process community q&a references if you've purchased a fiberglass kit, you'll need to know how to work with these materials — or else things are about to get a little messy..
Fiberglass textiles are commonly used as a reinforcement material for molded and laminated plastics. fiberglass wool, a thick, fluffy material made from discontinuous fibers, is used for thermal insulation and sound absorption.. This article covers how to fiberglass a boat using epoxy resin. steps. 1. prepare the boat for fiber-glassing. before you begin the process of applying fiberglass to your boat, you need to prepare the boat. there are several preparations to consider. removing extra items from the bottom of the boat. you should remove the keel, any lift stakes. This is what is unique about fiberglass construction. as late as the middle of the 20th century, boats were always built one at a time. since the advent of fiberglass, however, boatbuilding has increasingly become an industrial process as opposed to a craft..
