Epoxying and rounding the stems

The stems (the part of the keel seam that goes from the bow and stern towards the center of the keel until the edges of the panels meet) need to get a large bead of epoxy that is crazy thick with wood flour. Make sure it isn't too thick though, I made my first batch with too much wood flour and it caused only the more liquid elements of the mix to come out making it too thin and leaving a bunch of really thick epoxy stuck in the syringe. It should be thick enough though so that when you put it on the vertical stern seam it won't drip.
We let those large beads thicken and then wrapped some duct tape around the end of our file (so it reduced the scratching on the panel) and filed the bead flush with the panel on either side so it pretty much made a point. We then filed and sanded that bead round.

You can see the difference!