: The issue with heels is that the skin gets stretched in those area
: which ultimately causes the coating to crack and eventually
: peel. Perhaps gluing oversize patches of skin material on the
: inside would reduce the stretch enough to improve the durability
: of the finish.

: What kind of pigment did you use? How much? How long did you wait
: between coats?

I used MIXOL tints from Woodcraft (http://www.woodcraft.com/family/2005522/mixol-universal-tints.aspx) which isn't supposed to impact the adhesion. I did wait several weeks between the initial non-tinted coats and the two tinted coats -- that may have been my mistake.

Next boat's getting Corey's GOOP instead of Zar.

Eric