After saturating the mat I had a number of issues.  In fact I might have just done a justice to most issue that can come up on that layer.  (I’ve never said that I am an expert craftsman - I am a just get by DIY’er).

 Here they are:

First a bubble on the cant but I was not too worried about that as I am covering it with flashing.  Instead I am taking a shot of a ridge right at the edge of the flashing.

Here is a bit of debris from a cherry tree in the yard that is underneath the mat.

Another issue on the cant.  After my close call with the resin almost hardening I rushed the rest of the cant and had a few issues.  Again most of them will be covered by the flashing.

A big high ridgethat I couldn’t get to sit.  Maybe a bubble in the foreground.  Note: I only went after bubbles that were big and solid.  I had some areas with a series of little bubbles (1/8″ diameter to 3/16″ diameter) that were not connected - those I just left.

An unsaturated corner.  You have to sand it all off and redo it.  This is what will happen if you run out of resin too.

Another Ridge…

I think this is a bubble/ridge combo.

Another unsaturated edge. This one was a pain and still looks bad after the gelcoat.

My worst series of bubbles on the deck.

How do you fix them.  Easy! I’ll show you how next time…