If you used cove and bead strips and stripped with the cove side up, these gaps will fill in when you glass. The epoxy will run into the gaps and get caught there because the cove will hold the resin.

If you want to fill the gaps with dookie schmutz you have to force the putty into the seams with a putty knife.

> I've just finished fairing my hull with a few exceptions. I have a few
> voids between strips. These are not absolute voide in that they can't be
> seen clear through but rather cracks in the outer layer of the cove and
> bead. I tried to fill some of them with a dookie schmuts filler and found
> that I just made a mess that I had to sand off and then found that not
> much of the epoxy made it into the crack. Question: do I really need to
> worry about these cracks? They are structurally sound to my satisfaction.
> I tried to flex them and there was no going. If I don't fill them, will
> teh epoxy from the glassing fill in the void? Do I have to take any
> special actions when glassing? Thanks in advance! Paul Woolson