: Do a test staining with epoxy first. On my Petrel, I stained it a nice
: charcoal color - you could still see the grain - then when I put the epoxy
: on, it turned a nasty green color. So now it is solid black. I like it,
: but no one knows it is a stripper, and my husband's gets all the
: compliments!

I agree fully, test panels only take a few minutes to construct and can save a bunch of problems down the road. It may seem like needless work, until you find something like the above on the test panel instead of on the actual boat

Bill H.