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that contrast between the woods looks fantastic! Great looking work, and great choice matching and blending the outer stems with the dark strips. I can't wait to see it glassed and finished and in the water!

Fillet joint and filling in some gaps. Straight wood flour on the epoxy fillet but a mix of wood flour and walnut sawdust to try to get the colour right for the rest. Used one of those new disposable wooden spoons to round the fillet corner.

Shaved the epoxy down with the scraper then went over everything again with 180 grit.

Vacuumed the hull twice then hit it with the tack cloth before seal coating. I really enjoyed the colour reveal.

When the epoxy went on I saw a couple of spots I'll have to sand again. I didn't sand it enough the first time and the glue prevented the epoxy from soaking in.

I was happy with how the filler I mixed up turned out colour wise. It's hard to see unless you look really close.

I forgot to add, when I seal coated I did my best to brush on a very thin even coat tipping back into the wet. You could really see the sections where it sucked up the epoxy (flat spots) and the areas where it didn't (shiny). Hopefully it saves some weight.

So looks forward to the next step ..i hope you nail the glassing. You are on the way to a really great canoe

This boat looks awesome! I’ve enjoyed following along.

A tip I often share, when applying epoxy.
Check your seal coat, before laying down the cloth. Anything on the surface, that you can feel, such as dust imbedded in the epoxy, must be removed. I Scrape with a razor blade, don't sand.
If left, those particles will lift the cloth away from the hull. Creating a high spot. Not good when you sand !
One more tip.
Apply the wet out coat and let it cure, 3 to 4 hours, make sure the cloth is stuck to the hull, and won't move, when you add fill coats.
Add fill coats, while the previous coat is still Tacky.
This greatly reduces runs. This works.
Take it from a guy, that has scraped far too many runs in his life !
The Best of luck glassing !

Jim

PS. Your hull looks great! the seal coat will make wetting out the cloth go faster. OH, Don't walk away, after wetting out the cloth. Out gassing is your worst enemy. Bubbles will pop up when you walk away !!!

Yeow!!
That's gonna be too pretty to paddle...