I have an old plywood rowboat which periodically is repaired with fiberglass cloth. This has worked very welll- the boat is now about 70 years old! I just did some minor repair work including bottom painting and fiberglassing. The bottom is still quite rough as over the years there have been many layers of paint which has peeled off unevenly. Even heavy sanding won't fix it completely. For years it has seemed to me that painting the entire bottom with fiberglass resin (no cloth) would make an extremely durable and water-resistant primer, to be painted over with polyurethane marine paint. Is there any reason this shouldn't work really well? Thanks in advance! Frank
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14 years ago