: Hi Scott,
: I'm not sure what you are referring to.
: Did you mean the frame around the hatch opening on which you place
: the seal and on which the hatch rests, or did you mean a frame
: on the hatch lid itself, which is to help it keep its true
: curve, which you bent by making it wet?
: JohnK

Sorry I didn't explain it very well. Both sides of the deck were glassed with 6 oz cloth and 3 coats of resin, the deck is secured to the hull. I sanded the hatch cover prior to adding the frame (so that it would be ready for varnish). The frame is on top of the hatch cover, I used a design I saw on a friends boat as he did not put a frame on the underside of the deck, and will use straps on top. The pieces were soaked then bent to shape before cutting to exact shape and gluing them all together (I laminated two pieces of 1/8" cherry after bending). Then after everything was glued together and cut out exact shape and sanded.

Do you think by using the heat gun I would damage the resin?