Subject: RE: baidarka finish on a paddle
From: Chuck Holst (CHUCK@MULTITECH.COM)
Date: Tue Jul 18 2000 - 17:47:46 EDT
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From: Marian Gunkel [mailto:gunkel@student.hu-berlin.de]
Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 5:32 AM
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
Subject: RE: baidarka finish on a paddle
> Do you use raw oil or somewhat process oil? Raw oil seems to dry forever.
> Here in Germany, one gets "Linseed oil "Firniss"" which seems to be
> processed linseed oil.
I use pure tung oil (not necessarily raw -- I suspect it is not), but I add
a splash of Japan drier to speed the drying time. I blend the first coat
50:50 with paint thinner to help it penetrate the wood, then use straight
tung oil (with the Japan drier) for the following coats. Note that it takes
only about 30 - 60 ml of oil to cover one paddle.
> I am usually touring longer distances, using the paddle for, say, one week
> at a time. How much weight will the paddle gain through water intake?
I have never noticed any weight gain on a long trip. Though I have read that
tung oil is somewhat permeable to water, I suspect that may be to water in
the gaseous state rather than the liquid state. For that matter, I doubt
that even an unfinished paddle would absorb enough water to noticeably
increase the weight, unless you weighted it with a rock and submerged it for
a week or two.
Chuck Holst
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