Al, My garage is located in RI with pretty typical New England coastal winters. I was able to maintain 60 F thru the coldest months last winter when I was laying up the hybrid and s-glass on the deck of USA020. The well insulated garage is unheated, but attached to the house, so I left the door open to the house and use quartz heaters to make it bearable on the coldest days. Winter air when heated is drier than other times of the year, so humidity is not generally an issue here. Furnaces lower the relative humidity by heating the air, so your main concern should be in the temp you maintain during layup. 205 will cure properly at temps above 40 F, but slower at the lower temperatures. At 55-65, I had no trouble with the set times, but 72 F is ideal. As far as paint, I assume that you mean epoxy primer with a two part polyurathane, such as Epifanes. My plan is to paint the top-sides of USA020 to cover some over-worked epoxy on the s-glass, but leave the deck natural. I will be painting the hull trim in black graphite epoxy and the rest in bright blue with a white water line. So paint away, but it will be a shame not to show off some of your cedar on the deck. Attached is my retouched photo with my future color scheme. Bill Scheumann USA020 and USA040
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