I'm in an identical situation, except it's an OLD Dagger Caper.  It has met lots of rocks.  Gouges, dings, cuts, scrapes.  I was going to fill, paint, and skid.  I've only got as far as putting it on sawhorses.  So, pghportager, please pass along anything you learn as you progress.  There's tons and tons of stuff on the internet on the topic; seems like anyone and everyone has his own opinions on what to use and how to proceed.  If I could find 3 sites that agree, based on experience and not theory, using different verbiage so it's obvious they're not just copying each other, then I would go with that as a good consensus.