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I did wipe the inside of my boat with Acetone and it looks so much better that I now want to leave the inside as a natural finish. The Acetone brightened up the scuffed and faded look of the sanded epoxy. Now I just need to find where the varnish talk was in this forum.

No problem. I haven't opened the can of Xylol yet and I already have a small can of Acetone that I have used for other purposes. I can return the Xylene to Lowes, get my $1.20 refunded and wipe my boat with Acetone.

Xylene is also called Xylol and that's what my can says. According to those who know, it is similar to Toulene. I can't remember where I read that Xylene was the stuff for epoxy, but I looked at a few epoxy company sites like West Systems and they talk about Acetone and Laquer Thinner, but no...

Although this is my first boat build, I have been building theatrical props with Luan plywood, 6oz cloth and epoxy for years. I've made dozens of magician's cabinet props like "sawing the lady in half" and others. I've used West Systems, Maas and mostly this stuff from Fiberglass Coatings...

I don't suspect the foam roller at all. This looks like I didn't measure or stir the batch of epoxy properly or there was something not right about the surface I applied it to.

Xylene One thing that is different about this problem coat of epoxy is that I applied it with a foam roller. I had never used that before.

I'll ask the guy at Fiberglass Coatings on Monday. I'll wipe it with the Xylene and then recoat just a small area to see what happens. I'm off to Lowes. I hope they sell Xylene.

I don't think I sprayed anything near the boat, but if I did it in my sleep, I did a very thorough job of it, because the screwy epoxy coat is evenly screwy over the entire hull.

The epoxy is from Fiberglass Coatings in St. Pete, FL. This coat is from the same jug as all of the other epoxy on this project. I did this in my garage in Florida and there wasn't anything unusual with the weather. Temp in the 70's and low humidity. I've been grinding on it with 80 grit and...

Here is a pic of my major malfunction.

Now that I have the boat out of the garage and in the sunlight, I see that something definitely went wrong with yesterday's top coat of epoxy. It not only is beaded up, but it is still tacky 15 hours after application. I've been grinding away at it with 100 grit on an orbital sander and it is...

The beads are much smaller than rain on the windshield beads. I don't know if I can effectively knock them off with a scraper. What about going over the whole boat with 220 grit on an orbital sander, wiping down and the recoating?

I have my UJ Pirouge all glassed in and out. The outside was easy, the inside was messy. I did the big center sections with one piece of cloth each, but for the end sections, I overlapped three pieces each. After the outside was dry for a few days, I scuffed it up with 180 grit and then...

Thanks for the kind words.

Here is another pic of my project. <img src="http://www.forumpictureprocessor.com/pictureprocessor/images/Pirouge%202.jpg">

This is a test for posting a photo. Is the idea that I post the link to another site that has the photo? http://www.teamsouthbound.com/picturepr ... mplete.asp

Hi all, I got my UJ Pirouge all glassed inside and out and it seems pretty solid, but it ain't pretty. I still have to put on the inner rails, breasthooks and make the seat. Then I'm gonna paint it to try and cover up the evidence. I live near Clearwater, FL and will be mostly paddling...