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Like I suggested, buy Polyester resin. Epoxy does have some advantages, but the majority of new boats being sold are made with Polyester. If they sell a house brand, buy it, especially in bulk (some places fill your container out of a 55 gallon drum) There are two kinds of resin......laminating resin and finishing resin. Finishing resin has wax the comes to the surface so it cures dry. Laminating resin stays sticky forever. Just buy finishing resin and it is fine as long as you lay up all your layers in one sitting.

Mat is what you want, not cloth. I think it is called 1.5 oz, but it has been a while, so ask them what they would use for "tabbing" and "laminating" a wood floor into a glass body.

Buy lots of vinyl gloves (Harbor Freight sells a box of 100 cheap and they are fine for glassing and painting)

Buy a box of throwaway paint brushes, about 1 to 1.5 inches wide. You will use a ton of them and toss them after each layer you put in. Get LOTS of stir sticks.

Buy a 5 gallon can of wash (cheap) laquer thinner to clean up with. Acetone is also ok. Get lots of plastic tubs to mix the resin in, and don't mix it too hot or too cold.

Buy one of those white paper hooded suits that sell for about $ 10. It will keep you from itching so much when you are grinding. (You need to grind the fiberglass to get tooth, after wiping with laquer thinner to get the wax off....resin has wax to let it cure)

Use a good pair of shears to cut strips of glass. You want narrow ones, and progressively wider ones so you can lay up strips that get wider and grab into a larger section of the floor on each layer.

Ask the glass shop for any DVD's they might have on laminating.

Don