The term Hard-Shelling (circa 1980) - is the practice of covering foam with micro slurry, letting it cure, sanding it and then applying a fiberglass layup over the top. (not recommended)
_______ Larry A Capps Naperville, IL "There are no liars in the lab. Take down the data the way it happened. You may not be able to Interpret the data, nor your professor. But if it's valid data, someone, sometime is going to thank you for it." - unknown -----Original Message----- I did my foam/glass layup in two steps. I first sealed the foam with slurry and let it cure. When cured I made one or two swipes with some sand paper to remove the "prickleys" and then laid up the glass. my process (seal and let cure then glass), and glass laid up on foam with no sealing of the foam.