: I had bond failure on one of my kayaks and spoke to the MAS representative at
: the Wooden Boat Show last summer. he said that the best bonds are those
: done relatively quickly...mix fast cure epoxy and slow cure hardner to
: cure in several hours according to their mix-ratio/cure-rate chart. I had
: thought that the epoxy cured just fine, if slowly at reduced
: temperaturesbut this seems not to be the case (atleast for MAS brand)

Hi Eric,
How did you detect the failure? did you have a failure in just one area or the entire kayak? Was it plywood or a cedar boat? and my last question- Did you precoat the wood or wetout the glass over bare wood?
For someone with your experience in building to have a bond failure sure leaves me wondering the problems us amatuers can have.

Larry C.