: 1. Sand the affected area. You don't need to go down to the bare wood, but
: you do need to sand off varnish/paint and any "bad glass" (i.e.
: where there are white spots and other signs of brokenness.) Where the
: glass is fine, don't sand it off. Don't go wild, but you do want the area
: you're going to re-glass to be a bit larger than the actual spot that
: needs to be fixing.

Hi Julie,
I was soon going to ask the same question that Brandon asked about repair, since my kayak was beaten up pretty bad from all of the rocks in the BWCA. This is somewhat of a mystery to me how it all works. Obvoiusly you have to at least sand off the varnish on just a blemished white spot so you can put on some epoxy. Do all white spots have to have a patch of fiberglass or just the more roughed up areas? And on the keel area of my boat I have 3 layers of glass, so could I just sand this area down smooth and reapply epoxy and not patching glass. I know once I go through this process it will all fall into place, but right now, as I said, it is a little confusing to me. Thanks.

John in IN