I have just finished glassing & sanding the deck on my Storm LT & was getting ready to cut the cockpit after I trimmed the glass etc from the sheer line.
It has been almost 6 weeks from when I first put masking tape around the sheer line. When I trimmed off the fibreglass & tape with a sharp blade there was a bit of chipping of the epoxy & it was a bit tough to cut through because of the time it had been there, but I succeeded eventually, no major hassles really.
My main concern is that after stripping away all the tape etc, the cut edges delaminated in several places, it seems to be between the glass & the first coat of epoxy on the timber. I can delaminate these cut edges with my fingernail without too much trouble & I don't know how much more would lift if I kept pulling, I fully suspect quite a bit.
I could ignore it & hold it all together with the glass tape when I join the hull & deck but I'm afraid that's just a band-aid & any sort of knock will cause delamination anywhere on the deck & I would then have to strip & re-glass the "finished" kayak.
Is it better if I strip off all this glass back to the bare timber now & start again or am I panicking over nothing. I have already resigned myself to this task if necessary.
I'm sure this forum is littered with similar tales of woe so I'd love to hear from the hundreds of years of collective experience out there as to my next move.

Thank you for any advice
Glen G.