: On my first hull I sanded a bit to much into the fiberglass and when I
: varnished the hull I could see a lot of the fiberglass weave. It was a
: little more than I could live with. I removed the the varnish and applied
: one more coat of epoxy and was very careful not to sand to deeply into the
: fiberglass.

Don:
Hmm. Maybe there's hope for my "tape line"...we'll see if I can stand to sand the outer layers off...I might just live with it and like you, be more careful on the next one.

When I varnished the hull it turned out much more to my
: liking. Sanding was the worst part of the building proccess for me. Now I
: wish I was a little more picky. Oh well, I'll just do a little better job
: on the next one. Good luck.

Yeah, there's always the next one! And I'm with you on the discomfort of sanding, though I'm not sure about worst favorite when I consider laying up the hull/deck joint on a sea kayak!

Thanks for the reply!

Bill Cruz