> I am building the "yare" from C.Kulczycki's "the kayak
> shop".I plan on staining the deck prior to the application of the
> epoxy.Is this an accepted practice? Are there any potential pitfalls that
> I should know about? Thanks in advance.(more questions sure to follow)

> BTW: I wish I had found this forum a couple of weeks earlier than I did.I
> live 2 min from Fort Worden and could kick myself for missing the wood
> kayak event there.There's always next year I guess.

> darren

Darren,

Oil-based stains are generally not compatible with epoxy. Try it out first on some scraps before you put it on your kayak. You live in Pygmy's backyard and you are building a CLC kayak?

Mike