The resin has now set for roughly a day, and it's time for sanding. I used a manual sanding block to take down the high spots where the wires were. The resin gathered around the wires and made quite a few bumps. After knocking down the high points, which took the better part of 2.5 hours, I began sanding 
with an orbital sander. Started off with 80 grit and went through 4 sheets. Worked my way down to 400 grit. The hull is very smooth now, like butter. The picture of the stern shows how some of the precision cut pieces of wood didn't match up perfectly. I was able to slather enough resin in there to fill any imperfections. Both the bow and the stern now have a nice rounded edge to them.
with an orbital sander. Started off with 80 grit and went through 4 sheets. Worked my way down to 400 grit. The hull is very smooth now, like butter. The picture of the stern shows how some of the precision cut pieces of wood didn't match up perfectly. I was able to slather enough resin in there to fill any imperfections. Both the bow and the stern now have a nice rounded edge to them. Going to dry fit the fiberglass cloth tomorrow and possibly glue it down on Wednesday.
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Right on Mike! I can't believe you're building a kayak. You're still the biggest overacheiver I know.
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