It seems odd but the epoxy will seep right into the smallest crack. Warming the epoxy first will help it to seep in. Warming the componants and then mixing them is best since warming the mixed epoxy will advance the chimical reaction time and give you less time to work with it. I checked my directions for the Arctic Tern - It says to glue outside seam and then fillet the inside and then sand. Sounds like a better order. Only other advice I have is make sure that you build up some thickened epoxy in the hull-deck joint (if you have any space to fill, so that you have something to round. You want a nice rounded transition from deck to hull for the glass to conform to.

Good luck and dont sweat it.

Mike

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The directions that came with the kit talk about glueing the deck on
: something like this: 1) tape the deck in place
: 2) run a bead of epoxy around the outside of the boat on both sides where the
: hull and the deck meet
: 3) Sand the deck and round the deck/hull edge
: 4) Glass the deck
: 5) Run a fillet of epoxy on the inside of the deck/hull seam.

: This raises a number of questions -
: 1) Taping the deck in place was an exercise in patience - and clamps and
: straps - to get it aligned perfectly. The joint between the beveled edges
: of the deck and hull is so thin that it seems that very little epoxy will
: actually find it's way in there. Will this really hold when I take off the
: tape and clamps?
: 2) The directions say to sand next - well, if I sand and round the edge of
: the deck/hull joint I'm pretty sure that's going to sand off all the epoxy
: I put on on the prior step and boing, off pops the deck...
: 3) Doesn't it make more sense to epoxy the outside of the deck/hull joint,
: let that dry. Then remove the clamps (but leave the tape I'm thinking)
: Then run the fillet on the inside of the deck/hull joint, let that dry.
: Remove the tape. And finally, sand the edges and glass the top of the
: deck? Or am I missing something???

: Anyway, I could greatly use the help. Thanks in advance again for your
: responses...

: Brion