Panels are on the way and I fix a mistake

I have finished 6 of the hull panels and the epoxy and fiber glass tape is easier to work with now after the first few.  I did rush one of the Mylar covers and pulled up a corner of one of the pieces of glass (see below).  

I dabbed some more epoxy underneath and let it cure over night with the Mylar back on and it looks fine.

The other pictures show how the panels look when the Mylar comes off and before sanding and filing the edges flush.  I am using metal files rather than a wood file to have better control.  A few of panels left and then I am ready to drill the holes.

Opening the box!

After building a workbench that fit my height and was long enough to accommodate a sea kayak I opened the present I bought myself for my 35th birthday.  The kayak is a 14.5 ft Pinguino from Pygmy Kayaks.

I started by only gluing 5 of the panels at a time, but in the future I would lay out all of the panels on the floor with plenty of weights to keep the panels from bowing.  My shop is warm and I have had difficulty with edge gluing the panels .  

The keel panels bowed a bit and I had to try again.  I saw some of the glass tape  along the seam and after a call to Pygmy I was using the hair dryer to take of the first attempt at epoxy and fiberglass.

I would recommend that you press out most of the bubbles and epoxy from under the plastic mylar before placing the weights on the seam.  I found that you cannot work it to much as long as you don't get epoxy on your gloves.  The next post will show what a seam looks like for me.

Left side hull panels