(I originally posted this in the wrong forum area Sorry)
I have a couple of questions.

My wife and I are building a “Guillimot and a Great Auk” from the book “The Strip-Built Sea Kayak” by Nick Schade. I have also built a strip canoe the 13’-8” Laker from the book by Gil Gilpatrick.

1.) I’m going to use west systems epoxy.
a. How bad does the humidity have to be before it will get cloudy on you?
b. If this is a problem, is there a way to combat it?

2.) I’ve entertained thoughts of glassing the insides of the hull and deck first, then put them together tape the seam on the inside, finish sand the sheer line, then glass the outside. This is just a thought.
a. Has anyone ever used this kind of a process?
b. Or am I just thinking way too hard?

3.) The book from Gil Gilpatrick instructed me to tape the keel first so I did this (i.e. lay-up the glass from thin to wide) on my canoe and it worked just fine. The book from Nick Schade instructs you to never have an overlapping seam under a layer of glass because you could inadvertently sand through the outer layer of cloth. (of which makes sense)
a. How does one handle multiple layers of glass, see question 4. ?

4.) I read the article on “Fiber-glassing a wood strip hull” by Ted Moore, (I found this article on the West Systems web-site) and how to make it clear, very awesome article. (totally changed my plans) Questions on this.
a. How does this effect multiple layers of glass?
b. Do you have to follow this process for each layer, if laid up individually (i.e. do one complete then the next layer)?

Concerns about question #4 is I don’t want to have to paint the hulls, to make them look good.

Thanks

Mike Sundman
http://w3.qtm.net/canoe/