I can identify with you -- I re-coated my Tern's hull with epoxy after the first sanding because I thought I hadn't put on enough of a fill coat. I hand-sanded the low, shiny spots to ensure better adhesion, re-coated, and sanded. I used 100-grit, and only went down to cloth in a few places.

Dean

> I am sanding the hull of my Arctic Tern in preparation for the varnish
> coats, but the instruction manual is extremely vague with regards to the
> degree it should be done. As a newbie, I didn't catch several drips that
> formed when glassing the deck to the hull, and I want to feather the
> 1"overlap of the deck glass smoothly into the hull. At this stage, I
> have sanded about half the hull with 150 grit on my ROS, and in several
> spots I have just barely touched the uppermost parts of the underlying
> glass cloth.

> Should I put a "finish coat" of epoxy on after sanding, to
> ensure all hints of the cloth underlay are covered, or does it matter? As
> for prep sanding _I can't imagine using anything coarser than 150 grit,
> yet I read people on this board using 100 grit all the time (I'd think it
> would eat right through into the glass and leave real deep scratches). Any
> comments or suggestions -or references to a place where this has already
> been covered, would be most welcome. Cheers, Chuck