# SUP - 1st glue, 1st screw up! **URL:** \ **Category:** Builder's Forum\ **Created:** [October 15, 2012, 8:33pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/sup-1st-glue-1st-screw-up/40205 "2012-10-15T20:33:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Garrett\_Friedrichsen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f04885/32.png) [@Garrett\_Friedrichsen](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Garrett_Friedrichsen)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 8:33pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/sup-1st-glue-1st-screw-up/40205/1 "2012-10-15T20:33:34Z")
Well I guess I know what mirrored pieces means.   I was glueing up the sides.  On one side I epoxied the fiberglass strip on what will be the outside of the SUP.   DOH!   What think should I just sand down through the glass till bare wood the glass the other side as I should have from the start? ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Huson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Bill\_Huson](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Bill_Huson)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 8:53pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/sup-1st-glue-1st-screw-up/40205/2 "2012-10-15T20:53:14Z")
fiberglass strip??? I believe the strips are wood, leastways they were wood on my Kaholo SUP.  Get a good hair dryer and heat the strip/ply joint and start prying - hot epoxy will give it up and strip should be removable. Sand off excess epoxy, glue strip back on correct side. continue . . .   ---
**Author:** ![Garrett\_Friedrichsen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f04885/32.png) [@Garrett\_Friedrichsen](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Garrett_Friedrichsen)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/sup-1st-glue-1st-screw-up/40205/3 "2012-10-15T21:06:33Z")
Yes fiberglass cloth strip.  The directions dictate cutting a 3inch strip, covering the inside of the  puzzle joint.  I glued last night has to much time passed to heat and try to remove fiberglass cloth? ---
**Author:** ![George\_Evans1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@George\_Evans1](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/George_Evans1)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 8:47am UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/sup-1st-glue-1st-screw-up/40205/4 "2012-10-16T08:47:34Z")
Forget it.  I did the same thing.  use it to support the joint, assemble the hull, then sand it smooth.  I will disappear under the cloth when you glass the hull.   ---
**Author:** ![John\_C\_Harris](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.clcboats.com/john_c_harris/32/760_2.png) [@John\_C\_Harris](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/John_C_Harris)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 9:25am UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/sup-1st-glue-1st-screw-up/40205/5 "2012-10-16T09:25:53Z")
I've done that!  Several times.  No big deal.  The fiberglass turns clear during the finishing process.  Just sand it smooth and it will vanish in later steps.   ---
**Author:** ![Garrett\_Friedrichsen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f04885/32.png) [@Garrett\_Friedrichsen](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Garrett_Friedrichsen)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 2:38pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/sup-1st-glue-1st-screw-up/40205/6 "2012-10-16T14:38:34Z")
so I was really impatient last night and went at it with my heat gun on low heat setting.  The fiberglass strip peeled right up! Now I'm left with messy epoxy.  Should I wait a few day for a hard cure then sand down to a wood? ---
**Author:** ![Keith\_Powell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Keith\_Powell](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Keith_Powell)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 9:43am UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/sup-1st-glue-1st-screw-up/40205/7 "2012-10-17T09:43:53Z")
Try a **[scraper](http://www.clcboats.com/shop/products/boat-building-supplies-epoxy-fiberglass-plywood/boat-building-tools/super-hard-milled-scraper-set.html "Super-hard Milled Scraper (set of 4)")**... scrape first, sand later. Keith ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Huson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Bill\_Huson](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Bill_Huson)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 8:30pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/sup-1st-glue-1st-screw-up/40205/8 "2012-10-18T20:30:13Z")
My error - I built from plans and scarfed the ply rather than join via a CLC puzzle joint so you fiberglass strip thing had me confused. As you discopvered, heat works. Soon as epoxy cools down you should be able top scrape it off. The beauty of wood boat building = even if you pull a major screw up saws, files, grinders, scrapers, and sandpaper can fix it.