RCKen

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Shorty,
I don't have the instructions for that plane so I don't recall the size of the strip, but here's what you should do to apply the fiberglass. You can do it with epoxy, but you don't want to use 5 minute epoxy because you won't have enough work time to get the work done. The way I apply the fiberglass is to apply a very thin coat of epoxy on the wood where the fiberglass will be applied. Then apply the fiberglass to the epoxy and then brush epoxy on top of the fiberglass. You want to try to avoid getting too much epoxy as this just adds extra weight, but you want enough epoxy to complete wet the weave of the fiberglass. When the weave is wet I use a old credit card to squeegee the excess epoxy off of the fiberglass. Once that's done let it set up and dry. You will want to have some disposable gloves (get them in the painting department at Lowe's or Wal-mart) to avoid getting epoxy on your hands.

Hope this helps

Ken