Hello,

after 4-5 yrs almost gone from this board (3 cities and 3 moves ago) I'm now established in Seattle and ready to start building a S&G Night Heron (kit arrived yesterday) - this will be our third kayak (Artic Tern 14 and 17 done before) - I'm not counting the other 4 whitewater kayaks :-)

I'm planning to use my 2.5 garage (insulated) as work area, and I'd like to heat it so that I can work on the winter. I was planning to use a Mr Heater like this one (http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200307959_200307959 ) or a Modine heater like this one (http://www.shophmac.com/modine-hd45.html).

Will there be any problem if I use any of these heater while epoxying ? Some people have told me there's a chance of explosion if the flame catches the epoxy vapors. If so, what are you using to heat your garage ?

When I was in Chicago, we built our 3 kayak in a basement in the winter, and the furnace was on a contiguous room (never had any problem with the epoxy vapors catching on).

Regards,

Hugo