I coated one with fiberglass and epoxy. 3 layers of marine vanish were not enough to avoid that milky look that epoxy gets with UV light. My storm paddle originally had no epoxy nor fiberglass, but only 2 coats of spar varnish; the grain came out eventually. 2 years ago I sanded it again, and gave 10 coats of marine spar varnish. That did it. My storm paddle has been smooth and shinny ever since. - Julio > 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 *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Feb 25 1999 - 19:15:36 PST
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