: Hey, folks. I may decide to grind off all the glass from my deck and start
: over(the "I blew my deck" post from Monday). I just can't get
: past the size and quantity of the imperfections, and I've caught myself
: avoiding showing the boat to visitors because I was embarrassed by the
: deck. I just won't be happy until it's fixed. The decison isn't entirely
: made yet, so I have an additional question.

: If I re-do the deck glassing, I'm puzzled about how much sanding I have to do
: once the glass is off. That is, how deep did the resin soak in? I need to
: get deep enough to get rid of some splotches left by the tinted Durhams.
: The concern is that if the resin soaked in really well, then I may have to
: go deep which will put me in danger of sanding all the way through, or
: opening up some areas where sanding is creating gaps where there were none
: before. If it just barely soaks in to the surface, then I'm fine. I'm also
: concerend that if I leave any of the resin, then I'll still have a
: splotchy deck, but for different reasons.

: So, at what point do I stop sanding? All the way to bare wood with no signs
: of resin and hope I don't go through, or what? What if some spots still
: have soaked in resin and some are bare wood... will that show up
: differnetly once I've reapplied the glass?

: Any and all advice is GREATLY appreciated!

: Rick
I would think once you start sanding all will be hard to see so I'd make paper template that marks out the bad spots so you wont start seeing bad spot everywhere.
Thank for the alcohol tip.
Don
Don