: The people writing those epoxy manuals are not wood workers. They usually
: paint
: their hulls. It's quick and fast to sand to 80 grit then glass, but the
: difference in the beauty of the wood luster will only show if you sand to
: 220.

: I've gone around with them on this and sanding to 220 will not give you a
: weaker
: bond, but you will have a better looking wood boat.

: Rob

Hi Rob,

I agree with you, but if I were writing a manual for epoxy I'd be selling I'd recommend sanding to 80 grit too just to insure that the bond was good regardless of the wood used. Kinda expensive to write seperate manuals for each species

Bill H.