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Man, I really got ahead of myself this weekend, and made some very avoidable mistakes. I think I was a bit blinded by the time crunch and unknown, and misinterpreted the process a bit. I ended up doing the second layer of glass last night, and didn't allow much time before I had to hit the hay...

Thanks Sven, Cruiser, and Jim. All your advice has been extremely helpful! This morning I sanded down the entire hull. It definitely took care of the bubbles. I definitely should have gone straight to glassing after seal coating. I think sanding sort of rendered useless the seal coat. My wife...

So I decided to join the seal coat camp. I suppose my motivation was primarily to delay fiberglassing, since it still terrifies me - perhaps more so after doing the seal coat. This morning I sanded the fillet, did some final fairing, then wiped down the hull with denatured alcohol. My buddy, a...

Perfect! I'm sold.

Excellent! Is there a reason you do not bury the half layer on the outside, under the full layer?

Thanks, Sven! This is great advice. I am thinking I will do some experimenting tonight, and perhaps seal coat tomorrow or Sunday. Maybe I should wait a week and do more research and experimenting...I don't know. I am planning on using the clear cup method for getting my ratios right. I will...

Excellent! I will get some more glass for the inside. I have been trying to glean some of this info from everyone else's threads. I probably should have piped up sooner. For seal coating, do you use a roller. squeegee, or otherwise? I am assuming it is the same ratio of resin to hardener. Also...

Thanks much, Sven! Stripperguy, Funny you should ask why I chose to build a Kite, since yours played into my reasoning! I built the SOF mostly out of nastalgia. I grew up in Saranac Lake, and have been in Alaska for several years. Leaving my beloved home broke loose in me a renewed love for...

I suppose I am looping the world in a bit late on this, and perhaps breaking a few etiquette rules in the process. If so, feel free to send along any necessary correctional criticism. I am several months into my first cedar strip build - a John Winters Kite. My one previous build was a Platt...

Just finished Wilderness and the American Mind by Roderick Nash, and am now re-reading Coming into the Country by John McPhee. If you haven't read the former, do it! It is a great profile on America's relationship with wilderness...Coming into the Country is sort of the next chapter, as...

An early AK paddle last week. It's not very far out, but was a great morning on the lake.