This afternoon I did the first phase of the slanted end pours: one side of the bow end. The stuff is covering the nontaped end of the deck-hull (duck-hell!) seam just as I wanted. But it has a lot of yellowish foam over it. Is this normal? None of my other epoxy batches ever had foam on them, and I mixed it exactly as I have always done (using measuring cups, resin first and hardener second, with the wood flour mixed in last).

Also, I noticed that the kayak feels hot where the epoxy is. Not smoking hot, but it's a surprise considering that the room temperature is a mere 62 degrees. Now I understand why Steve Pritchet had to douse his boiling end pours which, judging from the website photos, were done outdoors on a warm day.