I have finished stripping the deck and have one pretty eye catching colour/hue miss-match where I butt joined two strips. I would like to apply some sort of a stain or varnish to the offending strip just to tone it down a little. When I come to glassing the boat will the epoxy bond onto a strip that has been treated with a stain or varnish?

Also...I want to fair the hull and then leave it till spring before glassing, Brian whose helping me out thinks this is not a good idea as the strips might shift slightly. My idea is that as all the strips are glued to one another anyway so if they do shift they will all do so together. He is just worried that I may end up planing the hull twice.

Tip; Fridays lesson learnt, be very careful where you put the block plane when fitting those final strips!!!