> You can prabably scratch the surface enough with steel wool to get the
> next coat of epoxy to bond to the currently shiny spots -- but you don't
> want to. The fact that you have shiny spots means that the adjascent
> cloudy areas are still too high/deap. You want a strong light fiberglass
> boat, not a heavy brittle epoxy boat so sand until uniformly cloudy but
> not down to the glass itself.

I believe that Steel Wool has no place anywhere near boats for any reason whatsoever. -it sheds particles which embed, then later they rust and make a mess. try getting this out of your clear coat. Or bilges, for big boats. -it is horribly obsolete - (I mean for real removal of material/its ok for burnishing fine furniture maybe) there are lots of plastic products that work better and are far more durable (I have plenty of 3M pads in the garage) -if you insist on using 'wool' then use brass or stainless, if you can find it and afford it. -my five inch random orbit sander with the 80 grit is so fast I am amazed every time I use it.

Remember, don't put on an extra ten pounds of epoxy, my first boat is that much too heavy.