No matter what I tried I just couldn't get the cloth to behave.I kept getting air bubbles all over as i worked .Itreid to push the cloth down and work them to the edges but they just kept lifting it up.Around the stems I kept getting creases and some of these i was able to work off to the top edges .cutting the cloth around the stems was a nightmare.it stuck to my knife.When I tried to remove the excess strips of cloth they remained attached to the rest and pulled up the cloth that had stuck down.When I cut it again and removed the offcut I then had trouble getting the cloth back in place because it stuck to my squeegee!
sometimes when i pressed the bubbles down they appeared to go but wait,had i just broken through the cloth!!!
After about ten hours of fighting with the beast I finally gave up as i had come to the conclusion that everything I tried made it worse.
Twelve hours later,I now have bubbles,lifted bits of cloth ,creases,some tears in the cloth and a very uneven coat of resin.any ideas on how i can correct this mess will be gratefully received ! meanwhile I'm going to make up my gunwales!
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