Manny, It has been about ten years but
I seem to recall that with grinding out surfaces to be covered, doing the measuring for the keel blocks and preparing them was a couple of days. Laminating the glass in the overhead only took about two days but could have been done in one. (tip: roll the glass onto a paper tube before you try to glue it in place). I weigh all of the resin and measure the catalist with a 10 cc hypodermic syringe and plan for a 30 minute gel time based on air temperature. Lay up one sheet of mat good and wet and one sheet of roving and then using an air roller work the entire surface until it is uniformly wet, then add another layer of mat and roving and roll. This is a good time to take a break and let the resin set. Too much at one time can over heat. when you come back if there are any strands sticking up they should be ground off or they just make lumps in the next layers. I use a narrow paint roller to apply resin overhead. Apply two more layers as before. If you weigh the glass and mix resin in about that same weight it will be close to the right ammount if you roll carefully. You could do it in one day. Protect your self, have plenty of ventilation with a fan. Acetone is the solvent of choice for polyester. As to cost we are talking about less than a gallon of resin @ $25 and a couple of yards of glass at 5-6 buck a yard. So probably a 50 dollar project plus thec cost of gloves, roller, moonsuits, acetone, paint rollers, etc etc etc.
