So there I was, seams freshly filletted on my Cormorant 16 on Sunday night. Raka fast hardener. Put a 500W halogen light under a tarp covering the boat all night. Yesterday, I took out the 500W and placed a 100W incandescent inside the hull, still under the tarp.

Last night, the fillets were no longer sticky, but could still be slightly dented with a fingernail. Tough enough to pull the wires, methinks.

I pull about 75% of the wires from the chines, and got to thinking---the goo is no longer sticky, and won't drip, so I can bring it into the house to get warmer and finish curing faster.

I set the boat on the couch (don't ask me what Michelle had to say about that) and went downstairs to watch TV. Came upstairs to grab a snack, and some of the seams had pulled apart--epoxy threads clinging to both panels like cheese strings on a slice of double cheese pizza. Oh $#!T!!! The epoxy wasn't near cured, and had softened in the 65*F room.

Fortunately, I still had plenty of wire, and pulled everything back together. The epoxy was gooey enough to reform (I'm sure I lost some strength in the process, though) and by this morning, they were nice, hard, undentable, shiny fillets. Also fortunately, I pulled the panels back into the places I had taken so much care to get them into on Sunday, so everything is still nice and fair.

Phew!

Don't be like Shawn. Haste makes waste. Yadda yadda yadda...

Shawn