Man, you are sorely out of practice with this building stuff - a 2 year hiatus is just too long! Sounds like you handled the incident with finesse, so there's still hope for you. Nice save,

Ross

: So there I was, seams freshly filletted on my Cormorant 16 on Sunday night.
: Raka fast hardener. Put a 500W halogen light under a tarp covering the
: boat all night. Yesterday, I took out the 500W and placed a 100W
: incandescent inside the hull, still under the tarp.

: Last night, the fillets were no longer sticky, but could still be slightly
: dented with a fingernail. Tough enough to pull the wires, methinks.

: I pull about 75% of the wires from the chines, and got to thinking---the goo
: is no longer sticky, and won't drip, so I can bring it into the house to
: get warmer and finish curing faster.

: I set the boat on the couch (don't ask me what Michelle had to say about
: that) and went downstairs to watch TV. Came upstairs to grab a snack, and
: some of the seams had pulled apart--epoxy threads clinging to both panels
: like cheese strings on a slice of double cheese pizza. Oh $#!T!!! The
: epoxy wasn't near cured, and had softened in the 65*F room.

: Fortunately, I still had plenty of wire, and pulled everything back together.
: The epoxy was gooey enough to reform (I'm sure I lost some strength in the
: process, though) and by this morning, they were nice, hard, undentable,
: shiny fillets. Also fortunately, I pulled the panels back into the places
: I had taken so much care to get them into on Sunday, so everything is
: still nice and fair.

: Phew!

: Don't be like Shawn. Haste makes waste. Yadda yadda yadda...

: Shawn