> I'm currently building my first kayak - Pygmy Coho. I've just glued up the
> inside butt seams with epoxy and fiberglass tape. Unfortunately, I may
> have used too much epoxy and also didn't extend the fiberglass tape far
> enough beyond the width of the panel, because some fairly large blobs of
> epoxy squeezed out along the edge of the panel at the butt seams. Although
> I'm on strike and have a lot of time on my hands, I don't want to spend it
> sanding this excess off. I've thought about maybe using a small hand saw
> (coping saw?) to remove most of it before sanding it flush to the plank.
> Any thoughts on how best to proceed? I have had satisfactory results removing excess epoxy with a flexible cabinet scraper. You need to have a well burnished edge( one that removes a curl of wood rather than just dust).

Sanding can be a problem because the areas that are not coated with epoxy are abraded more quickly than the epoxy coated areas, resulting in a hollow.
> When I do the other side I plan to extend the tape plus try and
> remove/spread/squeegee the excess so I don't have to deal with this
> problem again.

> Any helpful comments would be appreciated.

> Mike