Building the Canoe Earlier this week I opened the resin, mixed it up and put a sealer coat on the canoe. I mixed in some Micro Fibers to help seal but all they really did was spread out over the hull. There is an art to workin with the resin and fiber and I am learning it. I used Epoxy Resin as opposed to Polyester Resin which is what I must have used when I fixed the Mirror Dingy in the workshop beneath the dining hall of the Summer Camp I worked at in the summer of 1983. The fumes were so strong that they had to open every window in the hall and lucky for us there was a good breeze. Not so with Epoxy Resin though Colleen begged to differ. I had opened every window in the basement, threw open the bulkhead doors and installed a fan to move the air. Even then I hardly detected an odor and was confident that there was no threat from it. As evidence of the validity of my case I pointed out that our Upstairs Neighbor Donna had not said one thing about any odor although she had walked by the open bulkhead, had been upstairs and most certainly would have said something if she had any concerns. Again Colleen begged to differ, her maternal instincts srong and her child's safety uppermost in her mind she made her concern known. So today I fiberglassed the Stems while she and Ambiana were at the Farmer's Market following the same precautions as before and setting up our tent in the shaded backyard for their morning nap when they came home. | 
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