Re: [Paddlewise] finishing a greenland paddle

I had a western cedar greenland paddle finished in just teak oil. After I
used it a couple of times the grain started coming up. A friend of mine
coated it in clear epoxy. I also had a laminated greenlad paddle of spruce
and I think cherry. It was finished in wax.  Grain came up on that one too.
Now it's covered in the same clear epoxy. Jury is still out on both. I liked
the teak oil best for it's feel. 
The wax looked nice at first, but just didn't work.
I'm eagar to hear what others have done.
Barbara

At 05:53 PM 2/25/99 EST, Gratytshrk_at_aol.com wrote:
>Hi everyone,
>Just finished building another greenland paddle after breaking my last one
>after about 3 hours of use.  I fiberglassed the other one and figured since it
>didnt seem to help at all with strength why bother?  The wood is Teak (a very
>lucky driftwood find) and I was thinking linseed oil might be the way to go to
>give it a nice finish.  Anyone got any suggestions?  I'd kind of like to keep
>that natural look.
>appreciate your time,
>Robin Lovelock
>Still building junk in Mobile Al.
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