: Thanks to everyone for the last minute primers and encouragement. We glassed
: the football of the canoe Friday evening with RAKA 5 oz glass and RAKA
: slow curing epoxy. That stuff gives you all the time in the world, which
: sure takes a lot of the pressure off.

: It took us 3 hours and we were exhausted, but couldn't be more pleased with
: the results. We did the tape trick to cut a nice straight line in the
: glass along the chine and it worked incredibly well. Whoever came up with
: that idea is a genius.

: We didn't end up with a single air bubble or spot where the glass floated
: that I've been able to detect. There are a few shiny spots so I could have
: squeegeed even more, but I was too afraid of starving the glass.

: I scraped off stray fibers and made sure things were smooth for the next
: layer and today we plan to do the full layer on top. We're taking plenty
: of pictures but no digital camera so will have to wait until we finish the
: roll and get them developed. Then I'll have to figure out a new photo
: posting method since I was using Picture Stage.

: All in all, I'm totally pleased.

: Patsy

Hi Patsy

Sounds like you are having Waaay too much fun these days... Congrats on the successes lately.. Looking forward to seeing those pictures. Did you feather the edges down on the football patch or just let the epoxy even them out for the next layer...

How are you doing the stems? Cutting and over lapping the sides or will you be able to pull out the wrinkles along the way?

Here's the photo page I use now...

http://www.hpphoto.com

They are free and set up to work very similar to photostage. Single pictures are about the same and to post an album, set it up with a seperate name and password and list that on the BB.

Enjoy! It's a really neat site to see the colors just jump out at you when that glass soakes up. Makes it all worthwile.

Rehd