After a final vacuum and wipe over with a cloth moistened with acetone I gave the whole of the hull a coat of epoxy. I am using West Systems epoxy and their advice was strongly against thinning the epoxy so it went on neat. I brushed it on and found that it went on fairly easily. I made up small batches, each enough for about 1/8th of the total area, and washed the brush out in acetone after each batch.
I gave it two coats with the second applied when the first reached the end of the tacky stage. I was very lucky with the second coat - I almost ran out of epoxy! There were about three brushloads of the last batch left when I had finished.
Here are a couple of photos, the second coat is still wet.
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