Bingo!!!!!!!!!!!! David, what I've done is tack with thin CA it wicks into the bare wood better than the thicker stuff. Buy a couple cheap "bondo spreaders" wherever they sell automotive paint and body work supplies and cut them into various size strips. Mix whatever epoxy you are using and brush a little onto the areas you want to seal and spread it thin with the cut down spreaders. If you do slobber a bit onto the tops of stringers or bulkheads just wipe it off and sand with some 180 grit when it dries. Tower hobbies makes some thin masking tape also.
Not so, Read Tim's post and note the words "textured surface". I learned my lesson on my Sport 40. I epoxied a pair of hardwood blocks to the floor of the hull to keep the radio box from moving fore and aft and attached hooks for rubber bands to the blocks to hold it down. I did not think to roughen up or sand the spots on the hull bottom- just washed them off with iso Alky. One of the blocks popped loose while the boat was sitting in the pits!!!! Can you imagine what would have happened if the boat was at full song with the box going back and forth and up and down? The epoxy bonded well to the bare wood but not a bit of it bonded to the smooth hull.
Give zpoxy a try it wicks deep into the wood. Been using West forever but no more for construction
