Another new method I am trying out with this build is to apply most of my epoxy using a small trim paint roller, rather than a 1" brush. My hope is that it will:

1. speed up the process of wetting out the cloth
2. more evenly distribute the epoxy to the surface of the mold
3. help me to use less epoxy and save on weight. Thisis importantbeings hand lay-ups supposedly use 30% more epoxy than vacuum bagging, and I don't have any vacuum bagging equipment, yet.
4. by largely eliminating (or at leatminimizing) the use of the 1-1/2" bristle brushI hope to eliminate or minimize thesnagging of the bristles on the cloth, and therefore the deforming of the weave ofmy cloth.

I take the REALLY small pieces that most people might normally throw away and keep them in an old microballoons container to be chopped up for use as "chopped fiberglass."I also found a really cool mini paint roller pan at Lowes (left of the picture).

Other materials pre-pulled to the workstation and at the ready, notmentioned in the prior post,are:

1. chopped fiberglass
2. mixing cups and popsicle stick for mixingepoxy
3. mini paint pan
4. denatured alcohol
5. composite rollers (the metal rollers with blue handles at the top of the 2ndpic)