I recently purchased an introductory fiberglass/resin kit from system three in preparation for an Arctic Tern I hope to purchase in several weeks. I used epoxy for the first time today and had several questions:

1) On my initial coat to laminate the glass to a piece of plywood I used a roller and then squeeged the excess out. On the second coat to fill the weave should i have used the squeege or merely rolled it on and foam brushed it to eliminate bubbles?

2) After my second coat over the glass the weave was still not filled. Does it mormally take more than two coats to fill the weave or am I doing something wrong?

3) at the edges of the fiberglass strands seemed to detach and float on the plywood surface after squeeging (instructions said use firm pressure). this was quite messy and i would think it would be totally unacceptable when building the boat. was i applying too much pressure on the squeegee?

4) I have read the Epoxy Book that came with the kit but I still have many questions about its use. Do the Pygmy instructions provide more detail?

thanks in advance