How to Stitch and Glue Boat Building-Glassing Butt Joints

In this video we’ll go over how we do butt joints for plywood stitch and glue boats. A butt joint is simply where the squared off ends of the panel meet and are bonded together as opposed to a scarf joint where the surfaces of the joining panels are tapered at a shallow angle to increase the bond area. To make the butt joint strong enough we use fiberglass tape over one or both sides (eventually when the boat is finished both sides will have fiberglass over them) to strengthen the joint.

Materials used:

12oz DB glass tape https://fiberglasssupply.com/12-oz-x-...
West 105/207 Resin https://fiberglasssupply.com/west-105... https://fiberglasssupply.com/west-207...
Peel Ply https://fiberglasssupply.com/pro-vac-...
Mixing Bucket https://fiberglasssupply.com/1-qt-pla...
Squeegee https://fiberglasssupply.com/4in-plas...
Plastic Film https://fiberglasssupply.com/release-...
Laminating Brush https://fiberglasssupply.com/2in-natu...