: I am just getting ready to glass the hull of my Black Pearl. As
: implied by the name, I will be painting the boat black. I was
: contemplating tinting the epoxy black - at least the first one
: on the bare wood - and maybe later ones. The boat will be
: painted black as well. I was thinking that tinting the epoxy
: black would lessen the visibility of white scratches on a black
: hull.

: Suggestions? Comments? Pitfalls?

: Sean

After doing a couple graphite bottoms it takes a fair amount of tint to make the epoxy end up being black, enough that it tends to thicken the epoxy. I certainly wouldn't use it to wet out the glass, but once it's wet out shouldn't cause any problems that I can think of, for the filling coats.

Bill H.