I am making progress on my kit boat.
I went to West Marine and purchased some West system epoxy, The hardner that came with the kit (MAS-don't ask how many years I have been working on this) is pretty yellow. Since I can't get it locally I picked up the West system and the hardner (207?) for clear applications. I am trying to get it finished and would like the deck to be as clear as possible. The two epoxies will be separated and the MAS has cured for a very long time. Seems hard to end up with just the right amount of epoxy/hardner/cloth guess I will have to build another boat to use up what I have on hand when I finish this one.
I also got some spar varnish which is packed under the West Marine label, says it is made by
The directions say to dilute the first 3 coats as these are sealer coats.
Question: When I am applying it to cured epoxy is it still a good idea (absolutely required for good results) to dilute a sealer coat(s).

I have applied a 50 dilute mix to the interior of the hull figure the protection won't hurt and a lot easier to do now with no deck on it and I am hoping it will be lighter that another coating of epoxy.
This kit was my first boat. Before I got it finished I built a SOF F-1 at Brian's building class. Goes a lot faster when you have the designer as your teacher and build all day long.

Looking forward to another class this time with Wolfgang Brinck--a Badarka. I think I am being drawn to the SOF side :)

Thoughts, comments or dire warning about any of the above are certainly welcome.
For any of you who will be in San Diego later this month, I will have both boats with me no matter how close to finished the Arctic Hawk is I sure hope I can put it in the water soon,

Thanks to all for sharing all the tips and knowledge, now can someone point me to the kayak building syndrome recovery website?