New update on fiberglass and laquer compatibility. I took a break from the build at the point where I had the deck clear-coated, masked and the hull primed. I temporarily stored the kayak outside in the shade. When I brought it back into the shop and removed the masking I had on the deck, two large areas of the rear deck fiberglass had delaminated. I have removed it and am in the middle of making repairs.

My best guess is that the laquer in those areas was not fully cured when I fiberglassed and the VOCs lifted the glass.

In addition to that, the fiberglass is lifting off of some of the vinyl stars. I have not yet decided what to do about that but if I ever duplicate the design, I will have to come up with another method for producing the stars.