Fiberglassed wood sides with wood trim

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A search did not turn up a stong answer so;

I plan on building a wood TTT with plywood sides, and coating with fiberglass (Thanks for the shop manual Steve). I want to apply trim (Think Cabin Car of Slumber Coach) for cosmetic reasons.

Am I correct in assuming that it is better to glass the sides first and then apply the trim? I have never worked with Fiberglass before, but it seems that getting it happy in all of those corners could be anywhere from a PITA to impossible.

Thanks

Andy

[Juneaudave]

You got it Andy...do the whole sides and apply the trim after. To really do a first rate job, coat your trim seperately with the epoxy, and use epoxy to glue it in place. I think you are much better off having epoxy on all sides of the trim...

[angib]

Personally, I can't see the benefit in adding glass over ply.

For something like Dave's strip-planker, then the glass protects all the strip joints, but on a single sheet of ply, that really isn't needed. However I've seen 20-year-old strip-planked boat decks that have only had epoxy and varnish on them, doing just fine.

With or without glass, I agree the epoxy wants to be put on the ply before the trim. There's hours of work to do getting the epoxy (with or without glass) flat and smooth, and doing that with the trim in place will be a lot harder than it needs to be and can't be done quite as well.

Andrew