: Color sanding is taking the imperfections out of a painted surface,
: usually just orange peel (surface looks a bit like the peel of
: an orange, look at the paint on your car as an example). Once
: the clear is completely cured, has to be hard for this to work,
: you generally lightly wet sand with 320, then work up to
: 400-600-800-1000 and if you can find it up to 2000. Each grit
: takes out the scratches the previous one left, the really fine
: paper feels a bit like silk, leaves the surface very smooth.
: Then the surface is polished to get it shiny and clear again,
: but if done right will leave a perfect surface. Not sure I'd
: bother to do it on a kayak I'd want to paddle, it won't stay
: prefect for long anyway.

The way I abuse my kayaks, I am already frightened to take this Night Heron onto the water. I have never bothered to do fine work on a kayak because they get scratched on the first day I use them and the rest is downhill from there. To wit, I discovered a cracked hull just under and in front of my seat in the Night Heron I am working on. I have no idea where it came from since I have been careful about how I handle the think. I filled it with some leftover epoxy for now. Gonna hafta do some sanding later on to clean it up and patch it with a spot of glass. It has no glass on the inside and only 4-oz on the outside with taped seams inside. Did that to keep her light. I guess I am going to have to pay more attention to this baby. To her credit, she never complained about the crack,,,kept silence...prolly waiting for me to get far from shore before letting water in and then smirking.

Robert N Pruden