Hummm I can see I need to clarify myself a little;I certainly am impressed with all the responses ,and I thank you all for your help. First off when I said that I was fussy humm maybe fanatical would have been a better word? I make furniture and various other stuff and well you see...maybe its just habit or who knows. Anyhow when I build yaks,canoes etc, I attempt to make them "furniture grade"..so you see actually my question should have asked..How do you make the inside of the hull look as smooth and as fair as the outside of the hull ? Silly well I guess sort of. I have tried all the above methods with mixed results. One thing that hunts me though is the glue problems I am having. When I look at the amount of glue left on the hull by Nick in his book I amamazed that he can get it all off clean.As I lay each strip I immediatly go back and clean off any wet glue that I can see. Before the final sanding I also wet down the hull to raise the grain and then sand..and what do you know the glue still seem to have sealed off the grain in various spots. It is frustrating and it sure looks tacky under the epoxy. I am tempted to sand it all off and try again.Maybe its the Elmers yellow glue I am using or perhaps I should let the drips harden first then chipp them off ? I do know there are several Yak builders who will only use epoxy to glue the strips together.The reasoning being that if the glass hull is penetrated during use the glue will soften and ..well could it really cause a problem? I am thinking about it.Has anyone exp. any disasters ?

thanks again for the help everyone : ) Rick