Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19980703074735.00911100@pop-1.iastate.edu>
Date: Fri, 03 Jul 1998 07:47:35 -0500
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
From: Bruce R Munson <brmunson@iastate.edu>
Subject: Re: [baidarka] Skin Painting
In-Reply-To: <5c0c30c0.359c5cd9@aol.com>
At 12:23 AM 7/3/98 EDT, you wrote:
>I a couple of weeks I will be skinning my traditional greenland kayak with
#10
>cotton duck, and I am still trying to decide how to paint it.
>
>What are my options, and how well do these options work?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Duane C. Strosaker
>
Duane,
I have had very good results with #10 cotton duck on my kayak painted as
follows: 1st coat--2/3 boiled linseed oil, 1/3 oil base "house paint"; 2nd
coat--1/3 oil, 2/3 paint; 3rd coat--spar varnish. It is now 4 years old
and looks just about like new except for some very faint crackling
(crazing?)at a few locations on the surface. This is visible only when
viewed from a few inches away and has no effect on waterproofing. Hasn't
leaked a drop in 4 years.
Bruce