> 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 stripped with the cove side up and it worked pretty well for the exterior glassing. On the interior (hull) I had a lot of problems with air bubbles as the epoxy started to firm up. I'm guessing this is because the cove is *down* when glassing the interior and the epoxy can't run in to displace the air.

For the deck interior I mixed up some thin dookie schmutz and injected it into as many gaps as possible. By placing the deck on its side the voids filled pretty easily. I won't know until I glass it if this will help avoid the air bubbles.

Things are still progressing faster than I had thought (this is supposed to be a winter project). Being off work this week allowed me to get a lot done...

Woody