Today I got up very early and did the fiberglassing work. I had prepared last night by getting everything ready and watching the vans videos one more time.
Everything went fairly smoothly and I was happy with how it turned out. I used all but one of the thinnest pieces of glass to make the shape. I added a few pieces to build up a couple of low spots across the center. The radius looked very close in the end, and I’m hopeful it will turn out well.
The whole set of steps took just under 4 hours. One error I know I made was placing the masking tape on the forward side, too close to the edge. The first layer of glass was wider than necessary, and overlapped the masking tape. The masking tape is sitting on top of electrical tape which defines the forward edge. I think it will be ok, as the whole forward edge gets sanded away to a feathered edge anyway, so I will just have more sanding to do than I otherwise would have.
