Rick,

I can sympathize with you. I'm the one with the faoming epoxy problems. (By the way, it seems I had a bad batch. I went and bought a third batch of epoxy and this one did not have the same problems, and cure time was much longer.) My first layer of glass was so bad that I decided to pull it off the boat before it cured. That was a darned good idea, because it would have been difficult to remove if I had waited even five minutes. I'm no weakling, and it was very hard to get the cloth off. I had to sand, sand, sand until I got all that extra resin off. The second try went better, but the fill coat got bubbly again, and I ended up sanding it off. On the deck I ended up with a few white streaks that I thought was where I sanded through the 'glass, but ended up being resin starvation. I thought and thought about it, and then I decided to sand through the 'glass in those few places. That was a darned good idea. I'm so pleased now with the outcome. Of course I had very small spots, and PLEASE NOTE: you do end up with a slight color shift from other areas. It's not bad, but in your case you would have to sand into the wood, and it could be even more pronounced. I had three little spots all near each other, so I went for it. If you have as many as you say I would say just sand the whole thing off. I'm no expert, but I did have similar problems and can say this after all the work I went through.

The reason I wrote is to say this: I thought my problem was the worst thing that could have happened. I literally could have cried, but too manly to do so . Now that all that sanding is done, I have the smoothest hull ever. I am amazed that it's made of wood because it is so smooth it looks like you pulled it out of a mold. I'd say sand off the 'glass and start over. Yes, it's a lot of work, but believe me you will end up with the fairest hull ever. every single little crack and crevice will be filled in and all humps or dips will be gone once you sand it all down. You will end up grateful that your nightmare happened.

By the way, the bubbles in my epoxy did float up enough that I was able to sand them off, but had to go real close to the cloth. I still have a few spots on the hull that need sanding, but it's looking really good. In some places I wet sanded with 600 grit because I had to come so close to the cloth. Then I hit it once with 100 just enough to rough it out for the varnish, which will be next weekend.

Good luck, and don't fret. It could be a blessing in disguise.

-Malcolm