The next step is to coat the entire hull with epoxy. This saturation coat soaks in and seals the wood. This is really cool because you finally get to see what the wood will look like when finished. All those glue runs and sanding bare spots disappear. Once again though, I learn to pay attention to the minor instructions. I had planned to do it Friday night, but realized I had foam roller pads - but not the rollers. So, I had to get a roller Saturday morning and we did the coat then. This was actually a very easy. Matthew said it was the most fun yet. He's not big on sanding - yeah, he's figured out that's a pain. But sanding will more than anything determine how good the boat looks when done. Anyway... I was saying I didn't pay attention to instructions. The manual mentioned to not do the saturation coat when the temperature will be rising because the wood will out-gas as temp rises, and the air will get trapped in the drying epoxy. Yes, it's true. The saturation coat that went on perfectly smooth ended up feeling like sandpaper the next day because of a million little air bubbles. You can't see it in the picture, but it's there. I can either ignore it, or spend another few hours sanding. I sand. But the wood looks great.
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