: I think I'm due for some fun with this canoe after all the struggles. :-)

: On the edges of the football, I just ran the ROS up and over the edge a
: couple times to take the sharpness off. The drop off seems pretty
: inconsequential so I was thinking the epoxy will just fill it up. Hope
: that's not a mistake. I probably should have brushed on a line of epoxy to
: make a smoother transition.

That should be fine. I took mine ( on the inside seams ) and feathered them down to smooth, but in the process, sanded into the saturation coat and I got into the wood in a couple of places. Small and not too noticable.
As you say, just taking the edge off will help considerably. Should be O.K.

: Dang, it's hard to think of everything.

Well, you've got that right.....

: On the stems, I realized too late that I hadn't rounded the edges off. Left
: the stems flat so there's no way the glass is going to curve around it. So
: we're just running the glass straight off the ends. I may put on a bias
: cut strip or will just epoxy it when I do the fill coats. They will be
: covered with brass stem bands so they should be ok. Any thoughts?

I don't remember if anyone has mentioned how small a curve that cloth will make, but if/when you get to the ends, before you put the resin on it, try bending the cloth over it. Not the center, but pull the cloth along the side of the boat over as if you were doing an wrap and see if it will take the bend... That will be at a 30 - 50* bend so you will have the bias of the cloth at that point. I know I cut my cloth ( if you remember the pictures of the Rob-Roy ) where I used 3.75oz satin ( tight weave ) glass and I had it sanded to a round over of about 3/8" at the stems. It curved right around... when using the bias. I tried tape and it wouldn't make it. I got 6 oz. plain weave to also wrap around from the sides. Laid down flat and wasn't a problem.

However, if your brass is flat on the back side, you would probably not want to curve the glass around under it as it won't sit properly. ???
Did you do an inner stem or filler and glass tape? As long as you have some strength inside, then you can probably get away with just resin on the outer edge and the brass over that.

What....??? No Pictures yet....???

Rehd