Ed, This is the general idea I was considering in my earlier post above. Rather than putting an image in or under the fiberglass, where it is locked forever, put it on top of the cured epoxy. I considered doing a trace and then painting. However getting separate vendors for epoxy, paint, and varnish to all agree on what will work is difficult. I spent several days looking into that. That is why I am looking at the printed rise-paper under varnish idea. I could still have compatibility problem. However my theory is that the rise-paper will stabilize the image and then disappear when wetted out by the varnish Don Lueder

> Instead of actually "printing" the glass cloth before applying,
> has anyone tried simply stenciling on top of the fiberglass (after it's
> cured on the hull)? I'm interested in applying some Aleutian totem
> stencils to my Coho, and would like to hear from anyone who's tried it -
> e.g., what type of paint, stencil before or after the fiberglass goes on,
> any good websties with Inuit or Pacific Northwest native american totem
> symbols.

> Thanks! Ed